scholarly journals Engineering the Oleaginous Yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides for Improved Resistance Against Inhibitors in Biomass Hydrolysates

Author(s):  
Liting Lyu ◽  
Yadong Chu ◽  
Sufang Zhang ◽  
Yue Zhang ◽  
Qitian Huang ◽  
...  

Conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into lipids and related chemicals has attracted much attention in the past two decades, and the oleaginous yeast Rhodosporidiumtoruloides has been widely used in this area. While R. toruloides species naturally have physiological advantages in terms of substrate utilization, lipid accumulation, and inhibitor resistance, reduced lipid production and cell growth are noticed when biomass hydrolysates are used as feedstocks. To improve the robustness of R. toruloides, here, we devised engineered strains by overexpressing genes responsible for phenolic compound degradation. Specifically, gene expression cassettes of the manganese peroxidase gene (MNP) and versatile peroxidase gene (VP) were constructed and integrated into the genome of R. toruloides NP11. A series of engineered strains were evaluated for lipid production in the presence of typical phenolic inhibitors. The results showed that R. toruloides strains with proper expression of MNP or VP indeed grew faster in the presence of vanillin and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural than the parental strain. When cultivated in concentrated mode biomass hydrolysates, the strain VP18 had improved performance as the cell mass and lipid content increased by 30% and 25%, respectively. This study provides more robust oleaginous yeast strains for microbial lipid production from lignocellulosic biomass, and similar efforts may be used to devise more advanced lipid producers.

mSystems ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caleb Walker ◽  
Bruce Dien ◽  
Richard J. Giannone ◽  
Patricia Slininger ◽  
Stephanie R. Thompson ◽  
...  

Yarrowia lipolytica is an important industrial oleaginous yeast due to its robust phenotypes for effective conversion of inhibitory lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysates into neutral lipids. While lipid accumulation has been well characterized in this organism, its interconnected lipid degradation phenotype is poorly understood during fermentation of biomass hydrolysates.


GCB Bioenergy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 670-679 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sang Do Yook ◽  
Jiwon Kim ◽  
Gyeongtack Gong ◽  
Ja Kyong Ko ◽  
Youngsoon Um ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio Santomauro ◽  
Fraeya M Whiffin ◽  
Rod J Scott ◽  
Christopher J Chuck

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fábio Guerreiro ◽  
Ana Constantino ◽  
Emília Lima-Costa ◽  
Sara Raposo

2018 ◽  
pp. 113-115
Author(s):  
Judit Molnár ◽  
Erika Lakatos ◽  
Balázs Ásványi

The aim of the current experiment was to optimize the creation process of single cell protein on plant-based substrate solution with the intention to improve end-product turn out by means of adding vitamin solution. Based on the results of the fermentation processes of yeast strains, it was concluded that the vitamin-supplementation produced its greatest effect on the dry matter production, primarily on the K. marxianus DSM 4908 strain, while it was less beneficent when it comes to the figures of wet cell mass. In addition, it can be assumed that vitamin supplementation increased the maximum specific rate of growth (μmax) and decreased the generation time (tg) significantly. In the case of the K. marxianus yeast strain on corn steep liquor treated with vitamin-supplementation, the highest (μmax) and the lowest (tg) data were observed [(0.226 h-1) and (4.4 h), respectively]. Based on the results it was found that K. marxianus DSM 4908 is expedient to be applied on corn steep liquor medium in order to determine its suitability to produce additive for feeding.


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