Microbial conversion of glycerol into glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, by a basidiomycete yeast, Pseudozyma antarctica JCM 10317(T).
Microbial conversion of glycerol into functional bio-based materials was investigated, aiming to facilitate the utilization of waste glycerol. A basidiomycete yeast, Pseudozyma antarctica JCM 10317, efficiently produced mannosylerythritol lipids (MELs) as glycolipid biosurfactants from glycerol. The amount of MEL yield reached 16.3 g l(-1) by intermittent feeding of glycerol.
Morita
Tomotake
T
Research Institute for Innovations in Sustainable Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 5-2, 1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Konishi
Masaaki
M
Fukuoka
Tokuma
T
Imura
Tomohiro
T
Kitamoto
Dai
D
D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D005285:Fermentation; D005990:Glycerol / Q000378:metabolism*; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000378:metabolism*; D014587:Ustilaginales / Q000378:metabolism*; D018505:Waste Management / Q000379:methods*
D006017:Glycolipids; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; C439671:mannosylerythritol lipid; D005990:Glycerol