Determination of Optimum Conditions for Ergosterol Production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Ergosterol is an important provitamin in the present-day of industrial biotechnology. Seven yeast strains were obtained from the market of Basrah city and subjected to screening for their ergosterol production ability using liquid-state fermentation, the cultural conditions, and nutritional requirem...

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Main Authors: Esraa S. Ethafa, Alaa J. A. Al-Manhel
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Language:English
Published: University of Basrah 2022-08-01
Series:Maǧallaẗ al-baṣraẗ al-ʻulūm al-zirāʻiyyaẗ
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Online Access:https://www.bajas.edu.iq/BJAS/index.php/bjas/article/view/656
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description Ergosterol is an important provitamin in the present-day of industrial biotechnology. Seven yeast strains were obtained from the market of Basrah city and subjected to screening for their ergosterol production ability using liquid-state fermentation, the cultural conditions, and nutritional requirements for optimal production of ergosterol by Saccharomyces cerevisiae under laboratory conditions were determined. Y.6 is the best isolate of the yeast that produced ergosterol. It was identified as S. cerevisiae, with a similarity rate of 97% by using the Vitek2 device, this S. cerevisiae (Y.6) was further subjected to optimization conditions. The results showed that the best medium for production was yeast extract peptone dextrose broth. The effect of two cheaper carbon sources, molasses and date juice were investigated. Maximum ergosterol (0.55% ) was produced using a medium containing date juice, with a replacement ratio of 75%, an incubation time of 72 hours, pH 5, at a temperature of 30 °C, and an inoculation volume of 4 ml. The percentage of ergosterol was (0.47, 0.55, 0.74, 0.66, 0.68 and 0.78 %), respectively.
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spelling doaj.art-ac10ca418a6048d1a99248e9ad0d58b42022-12-22T02:09:20ZengUniversity of BasrahMaǧallaẗ al-baṣraẗ al-ʻulūm al-zirāʻiyyaẗ1814-58682520-08602022-08-0135210.37077/25200860.2022.35.2.03Determination of Optimum Conditions for Ergosterol Production by Saccharomyces cerevisiaeEsraa S. Ethafa0Alaa J. A. Al-Manhel1Department of Food Science, College of Agriculture, University of Basrah, IraqDepartment of Food Science, College of Agriculture, University of Basrah, IraqErgosterol is an important provitamin in the present-day of industrial biotechnology. Seven yeast strains were obtained from the market of Basrah city and subjected to screening for their ergosterol production ability using liquid-state fermentation, the cultural conditions, and nutritional requirements for optimal production of ergosterol by Saccharomyces cerevisiae under laboratory conditions were determined. Y.6 is the best isolate of the yeast that produced ergosterol. It was identified as S. cerevisiae, with a similarity rate of 97% by using the Vitek2 device, this S. cerevisiae (Y.6) was further subjected to optimization conditions. The results showed that the best medium for production was yeast extract peptone dextrose broth. The effect of two cheaper carbon sources, molasses and date juice were investigated. Maximum ergosterol (0.55% ) was produced using a medium containing date juice, with a replacement ratio of 75%, an incubation time of 72 hours, pH 5, at a temperature of 30 °C, and an inoculation volume of 4 ml. The percentage of ergosterol was (0.47, 0.55, 0.74, 0.66, 0.68 and 0.78 %), respectively. https://www.bajas.edu.iq/BJAS/index.php/bjas/article/view/656Ergosterol productionOptimum conditionsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeScreening
spellingShingle Esraa S. Ethafa
Alaa J. A. Al-Manhel
Determination of Optimum Conditions for Ergosterol Production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Maǧallaẗ al-baṣraẗ al-ʻulūm al-zirāʻiyyaẗ
Ergosterol production
Optimum conditions
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Screening
title Determination of Optimum Conditions for Ergosterol Production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae
title_full Determination of Optimum Conditions for Ergosterol Production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae
title_fullStr Determination of Optimum Conditions for Ergosterol Production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae
title_full_unstemmed Determination of Optimum Conditions for Ergosterol Production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae
title_short Determination of Optimum Conditions for Ergosterol Production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae
title_sort determination of optimum conditions for ergosterol production by saccharomyces cerevisiae
topic Ergosterol production
Optimum conditions
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Screening
url https://www.bajas.edu.iq/BJAS/index.php/bjas/article/view/656
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