title: Lipid production by Candida Y-1.
abstract: Ten oleaginous yeasts were isolated from sources like fruits, flowers, curd whey and soil samples. Lipid production varied from 24 to 71.2% of dry weight of cell biomass. Strain Y-1, which was isolated from curd whey, produced the highest amount of lipid. It was identified belonging to the genus Candida. The optimal cultural conditions for lipid production by Candida Y-1 were found to be glucose (5%) as carbon source, ammonium sulfate (1%) as nitrogen source, pH 4.5, and temperature 28 degrees C under shake-flask conditions (125 rpm).
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Thaker
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Yadav
mesh_terms: D002175:Candida / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D008055:Lipids / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids