Comparison of simple and rapid cell wall disruption methods for improving lipid extraction from yeast cells

2020 ◽  
Vol 176 ◽  
pp. 105999
Author(s):  
Anna M. Kot ◽  
Iwona Gientka ◽  
Anna Bzducha-Wróbel ◽  
Stanisław Błażejak ◽  
Agnieszka Kurcz
Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 3813 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuai Zhang ◽  
Yuyong Hou ◽  
Zhiyong Liu ◽  
Xiang Ji ◽  
Di Wu ◽  
...  

Currently, lipid extraction remains a major bottleneck in microalgae technology for biofuel production. In this study, an effective and easily controlled cell wall disruption method based on electro-Fenton reaction was used to enhance lipid extraction from the wet biomass of Nannochloropsis oceanica IMET1. The results showed that 1.27 mM of hydroxide radical (HO•) was generated under the optimal conditions with 9.1 mM FeSO4 in a 16.4 mA·cm−2 current density for 37.0 min. After the electro-Fenton treatment, the neutral lipid extraction yield of microalgae (~155 mg) increased from 40% to 87.5%, equal to from 12.2% to 26.7% dry cell weight (DCW). In particular, the fatty acid composition remained stable. The cell wall disruption and lipid extraction processes were displayed by the transmission electron microscope (TEM) and fluorescence microscopy (FM) observations, respectively. Meanwhile, the removal efficiency of algal cells reached 85.2% within 2 h after the reaction was terminated. Furthermore, the biomass of the microalgae cultured in the electrolysis wastewater treated with fresh nutrients reached 3 g/L, which is 12-fold higher than that of the initial after 24 days. These finds provided an economic and efficient method for lipid extraction from wet microalgae, which could be easily controlled by current magnitude regulation.


Metabolites ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Thomas Sydney ◽  
Jo-Ann Marshall-Thompson ◽  
Rahul Kapoore ◽  
Seetharaman Vaidyanathan ◽  
Jagroop Pandhal ◽  
...  

Currently, the energy required to produce biofuel from algae is 1.38 times the energy available from the fuel. Current methods do not deliver scalable, commercially viable cell wall disruption, which creates a bottleneck on downstream processing. This is primarily due to the methods depositing energy within the water as opposed to within the algae. This study investigates ultraviolet B (UVB) as a disruption method for the green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Dunaliella salina and Micractinium inermum to enhance solvent lipid extraction. After 232 seconds of UVB exposure at 1.5 W/cm2, cultures of C. reinhardtii (culture density 0.7 mg/mL) showed 90% disruption, measured using cell counting, correlating to an energy consumption of 5.6 MJ/L algae. Small-scale laboratory tests on C. reinhardtii showed bead beating achieving 45.3 mg/L fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) and UV irradiation achieving 79.9 mg/L (lipids solvent extracted and converted to FAME for measurement). The alga M. inermum required a larger dosage of UVB due to its thicker cell wall, achieving a FAME yield of 226 mg/L, compared with 208 mg/L for bead beating. This indicates that UV disruption had a higher efficiency when used for solvent lipid extraction. This study serves as a proof of concept for UV irradiation as a method for algal cell disruption.


Author(s):  
Daryush Arabian

Microalgae have emerged as one of the most promising options for biodiesel production over the past few decades. Lipid extraction from microalgae for biodiesel production as a bottleneck of biodiesel production technology was the main purpose of this study. In this study different methods of the cell wall disruption were compared. Then, two methods of ultrasound and bead mill were used as methods of the cell wall disruption. The maximum lipid extracted by ultrasound was 17.10% and by bead mill was 15.16% (based on microalgae biomass dry weight). After the cell wall disruption of microalgae, for lipid extraction, chloroform-methanol solvent combination was used as a high extraction method and hexane-ethanol solvent combination was used as an environmentally friendly method. In this regard, the effect of solvent to biomass ratio, temperature and extraction time was investigated and the optimal results for chloroform-methanol solvent combination were 8 ml/g, 45°C and 60 minutes, respectively, and for hexane-ethanol combination were 6 ml/g, 35◦C and 73 minutes, respectively. Under these optimal conditions, the highest amount of extracted lipid from Chlorella vulgaris with a moisture content of 87.50%, and ultrasound as a cell wall disruption method were obtained 20.39% and 16.41% (based on microalgae dry weight) with a combination of chloroform-methanol solvents and hexane-ethanol respectively. Also the highest extraction rates of 17.63% and 13.85% were obtained for the combination of chloroform-methanol and hexane-ethanol solvents, respectively by bead milling as cell wall disruption method


Author(s):  
Aarthy A ◽  
Smita Kumari ◽  
Prachi Turkar ◽  
Sangeetha Subramanian

 Objective: This review article deals with the effect that various cell disruption techniques have on the efficiency of lipid extraction. We have reviewed existing algal cell disruption techniques that aid the biodiesel production process.Methods: Current rise in demand for energy has led the researcher to focus on the production of sustainable fuels, among which biodiesel has received greater attention. This is due to its larger lipid content, higher growth rate, larger biomass production, and lower land use. Extraction of lipid from algae (micro and macro) for the production of biodiesel involves numerous downstream processing steps, of which cell wall disruption is a crucial step. Bead milling, high-pressure homogenization, ultra-sonication, freeze-drying, acid treatment, and enzymatic lysis are some methods of cell disruption. The cell disruption technique needs to be optimized based on the structure and biochemical composition of algae.Result: The lipid extraction efficiency varies depending on the algal species and the cell disruption technique used.Conclusion: In-depth research and development of new techniques are required to further enhance the cell disruption of the algal cell wall for the enhanced recovery of lipids. In addition, the operating costs and energy consumption should also be optimized for the cost-effective recovery.


2021 ◽  
Vol 06 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayekpam Chandralekha Devi ◽  
G. K. Hamsavi ◽  
Simran Sahota ◽  
Rochak Mittal ◽  
Hrishikesh A. Tavanandi ◽  
...  

Abstract: Algae (both micro and macro) have gained huge attention in the recent past for their high commercial value products. They are the source of various biomolecules of commercial applications ranging from nutraceuticals to fuels. Phycobiliproteins are one such high value low volume compounds which are mainly obtained from micro and macro algae. In order to tap the bioresource, a significant amount of work has been carried out for large scale production of algal biomass. However, work on downstream processing aspects of phycobiliproteins (PBPs) from algae is scarce, especially in case of macroalgae. There are several difficulties in cell wall disruption of both micro and macro algae because of their cell wall structure and compositions. At the same time, there are several challenges in the purification of phycobiliproteins. The current review article focuses on the recent developments in downstream processing of phycobiliproteins (mainly phycocyanins and phycoerythrins) from micro and macroalgae. The current status, the recent advancements and potential technologies (that are under development) are summarised in this review article besides providing future directions for the present research area.


2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 169-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyun-Ju Hwang ◽  
Yong Tae Kim ◽  
Nam Seon Kang ◽  
Jong Won Han

The algal cell wall is a potent barrier for delivery of transgenes for genetic engineering. Conventional methods developed for higher plant systems are often unable to penetrate or remove algal cell walls owing to their unique physical and chemical properties. Therefore, we developed a simple transformation method for <i>Chlamydomonas reinhardtii</i> using commercially available enzymes. Out of 7 enzymes screened for cell wall disruption, a commercial form of subtilisin (Alcalase) was the most effective at a low concentration (0.3 Anson units/mL). The efficiency was comparable to that of gamete lytic enzyme, a protease commonly used for the genetic transformation of <i>C. reinhardtii</i>. The transformation efficiency of our noninvasive method was similar to that of previous methods using autolysin as a cell wall-degrading enzyme in conjunction with glass bead transformation. Subtilisin showed approximately 35% sequence identity with sporangin, a hatching enzyme of <i>C. reinhardtii</i>, and shared conserved active domains, which may explain the effective cell wall degradation. Our trans­formation method using commercial subtilisin is more reliable and time saving than the conventional method using autolysin released from gametes for cell wall lysis.


2017 ◽  
Vol 239 ◽  
pp. 204-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Safi ◽  
L. Cabas Rodriguez ◽  
W.J. Mulder ◽  
N. Engelen-Smit ◽  
W. Spekking ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clara Bouyx ◽  
Marion Schiavone ◽  
Marie-Ange Teste ◽  
Etienne Dague ◽  
Nathalie Sieczkowski ◽  
...  

Flocculins are a family of glycosylated proteins that provide yeast cells with several properties such as biofilm formation, flocculation, invasive growth or formation of velum. These proteins are similarly organised with a N-terminal (adhesion) domain, a stalk-like central B-domain with several repeats and a C-terminal sequence carrying a cell wall anchor site. They also contain amyloid β-aggregation-prone sequences whose functional role is still unclear. In this work, we show that Flo11p differs from other flocculins by the presence of unique amyloid-forming sequences, whose the number is critical in the formation of adhesion nanodomains under a physical shear force. Using a genome editing approach to identify the function of domains in Flo11p phenotypes, we show that the formation of cellular aggregates whose density increases with the number of amyloid sequences cannot be attributed to a specific domain of Flo11p. The same is true for plastic adhesion and surface hydrophobicity the intensity of which depends mainly on the abundance of Flo11p on the cell surface. In contrast, the N and C domains of Flo11p are essential for invasive growth in agar, whereas a reduction in the number of repeats of the B domain weakens this phenotype. However, expression of FLO11 alone is not sufficient to trigger this invasion phenotype. Finally, we show that this flocculin contributes to the integrity of the cell wall.


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