title: Comparison of citric acid production from glycerol and glucose by different strains of Yarrowia lipolytica.
abstract: A wild type strain A-101 of Y. lipolytica and its three acetate-negative mutants (Wratislavia 1.31, Wratislavia AWG7, and Wratislavia K1) were compared for the production of citric acid from glucose and glycerol (pure and crude) in batch cultures. The substrates were used either as single carbon sources or as mixtures of glucose and pure or crude glycerol. The kinetic parameters, i.e., the volumetric citric acid production rate and yield obtained in the study show that the Wratislavia 1.31 and Wratislavia AWG7 strains produced the highest amount of citric acid from glycerol, with a yield from 0.40 to 0.53 g g(-1). This substrate was found to be a better carbon source for the biosynthesis of citric acid than glucose. The results obtained with the same strains have shown low content of isocitric acid and polyols, such as erythritol and mannitol. Y. lipolytica A-101 strain produced the highest amount of isocitric acid, from 13.8 to 21% isocitric acid in the sum of citric acids. However, the highest concentrations of erythritol were found in cultures with Y. lipolytica Wratislavia K1, from 18.1 to 30 g l(-1), for glucose and pure glycerol, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology and Food Microbiology, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Norwida 25/27, 50-375, Wroclaw, Poland, Anita.Rywinska@up.wroc.pl.
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rywińska
authors.forename: Waldemar
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rymowicz
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zarowska
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Skrzypiński
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