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Process for biodiesel production from Cryptococcus curvatus.
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PMID:  21930373     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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The objective of the current report is process optimization for economical production of lipids by the well known oleaginous yeast Cryptococcus curvatus and conversion of the lipids to biodiesel. A high cell density fed-batch cultivation on low cost substrate viz. crude glycerol resulted in a dry biomass and oil yield of up to 69g/L and 48% (w/w), respectively. The process was scaled up easily to 26L. The oil extraction process was also optimized using environmentally safe solvents. The oil profile indicated a high oleic acid content followed by palmitic acid, stearic acid and linoleic acid. The oil was trans-esterified to biodiesel and thoroughly characterized. This is the first end to end report on production of biodiesel from the C. curvatus oil.
Authors:
Meikandhan Thiru; Santosh Sankh; Vidhya Rangaswamy
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Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-8-31
Journal Detail:
Title:  Bioresource technology     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1873-2976     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-9-20     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  9889523     Medline TA:  Bioresour Technol     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Industrial Biotechnology Group, Reliance Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., India.
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