Automatic Fed-Batch Cultivation Enhances Microbial Lipid Production from Volatile Fatty Acids
Organic waste is generated worldwide, and its disposal and recycling are becoming a challenge. Due to its high carbon content, however, it may be converted into valuable products. Carbon neutrality is essential, and unstable international oil prices stress the increasing importance of biofuels signi...
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| description | Organic waste is generated worldwide, and its disposal and recycling are becoming a challenge. Due to its high carbon content, however, it may be converted into valuable products. Carbon neutrality is essential, and unstable international oil prices stress the increasing importance of biofuels significantly. Volatile fatty acids (VFA) derived from organic waste can be converted to microbial lipids by oleaginous yeast using it as a carbon source. When VFA is consumed by oleaginous yeast, the pH of the medium rises; hence, acidic agents have to be added to the medium to maintain the broth’s pH. In this study, we enhanced microbial lipid productivity by automatic fed-batch cultivation using VFA as an acidic agent, and the modified cultivation showed 48.9% and 69.0% higher biomass and lipid productivity than manual multi-fed culture. At a VFA concentration of 5 g/L and pH 7.0, a lipid yield of 0.25 g/g alongside lipid productivity of 0.11 g/L/h was obtained from an automatic fed-batch system. Oleic acid accounted for the largest proportion of microbial lipids, and the fatty acid composition was suitable for biodiesel production. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-69f3ac742da54a1b87ccb15463f68f352023-11-16T20:20:44ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732023-02-01164199610.3390/en16041996Automatic Fed-Batch Cultivation Enhances Microbial Lipid Production from Volatile Fatty AcidsSubin Shin0Jae Hee Go1Myounghoon Moon2Gwon Woo Park3Gwangju Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research, Gwangju 61003, Republic of KoreaGwangju Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research, Gwangju 61003, Republic of KoreaGwangju Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research, Gwangju 61003, Republic of KoreaGwangju Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research, Gwangju 61003, Republic of KoreaOrganic waste is generated worldwide, and its disposal and recycling are becoming a challenge. Due to its high carbon content, however, it may be converted into valuable products. Carbon neutrality is essential, and unstable international oil prices stress the increasing importance of biofuels significantly. Volatile fatty acids (VFA) derived from organic waste can be converted to microbial lipids by oleaginous yeast using it as a carbon source. When VFA is consumed by oleaginous yeast, the pH of the medium rises; hence, acidic agents have to be added to the medium to maintain the broth’s pH. In this study, we enhanced microbial lipid productivity by automatic fed-batch cultivation using VFA as an acidic agent, and the modified cultivation showed 48.9% and 69.0% higher biomass and lipid productivity than manual multi-fed culture. At a VFA concentration of 5 g/L and pH 7.0, a lipid yield of 0.25 g/g alongside lipid productivity of 0.11 g/L/h was obtained from an automatic fed-batch system. Oleic acid accounted for the largest proportion of microbial lipids, and the fatty acid composition was suitable for biodiesel production.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/4/1996microbial lipidorganic wastevolatile fatty acidsoleaginous yeast |
| spellingShingle | Subin Shin Jae Hee Go Myounghoon Moon Gwon Woo Park Automatic Fed-Batch Cultivation Enhances Microbial Lipid Production from Volatile Fatty Acids Energies microbial lipid organic waste volatile fatty acids oleaginous yeast |
| title | Automatic Fed-Batch Cultivation Enhances Microbial Lipid Production from Volatile Fatty Acids |
| title_full | Automatic Fed-Batch Cultivation Enhances Microbial Lipid Production from Volatile Fatty Acids |
| title_fullStr | Automatic Fed-Batch Cultivation Enhances Microbial Lipid Production from Volatile Fatty Acids |
| title_full_unstemmed | Automatic Fed-Batch Cultivation Enhances Microbial Lipid Production from Volatile Fatty Acids |
| title_short | Automatic Fed-Batch Cultivation Enhances Microbial Lipid Production from Volatile Fatty Acids |
| title_sort | automatic fed batch cultivation enhances microbial lipid production from volatile fatty acids |
| topic | microbial lipid organic waste volatile fatty acids oleaginous yeast |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/4/1996 |
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