Lipid production by Candida Y-1.
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).
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Department of Microbiology, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India.
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D002175:Candida / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D008055:Lipids / Q000096:biosynthesis*
D008055:Lipids