Co-production of single cell oil and gluconic acid using oleaginous Cryptococcus podzolicus DSM 27192

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Lin Chen¹  Xiujuan Qian¹  Wenming Zhang²  Jiangfeng Ma²  Min Jiang²  Weiliang Dong²  Fengxue Xin²  Olga Gorte³  Katrin Ochsenreither³ 

[1] 0000 0000 9389 5210, grid.412022.7, State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Puzhu South Road 30#, 211816, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China;0000 0000 9389 5210, grid.412022.7, State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Puzhu South Road 30#, 211816, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China;0000 0000 9389 5210, grid.412022.7, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University, 211816, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China;0000 0001 0075 5874, grid.7892.4, Institute of Process Engineering in Life Sciences, Section II: Technical Biology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Fritz-Haber-Weg 4, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany;

关键词: Co-production;    Single cell oil (SCO);    Gluconic acid (GA);    Regulation;    Carbon flow;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13068-019-1469-9

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【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe co-production of single cell oil (SCO) with value-added products could improve the economic viability of industrial SCO production. The newly isolated oleaginous yeast Cryptococcus podzolicus DSM 27192 was able to co-produce SCO intracellularly and gluconic acid (GA) extracellularly. In this study, the metabolic regulation of carbon distribution between SCO and GA through process optimization was comprehensively investigated.ResultsThe carbon flow distribution between SCO and GA was significantly influenced by the cultivation conditions, such as nitrogen sources, glucose concentration and dissolved oxygen concentration. It was found that organic nitrogen sources were beneficial for SCO accumulation, while GA production was decreased. Dissolved oxygen concentration (DOC) was found to enhance SCO accumulation, while high glucose concentration was more favorable for GA accumulation. Hence, a two-stage DOC or glucose concentration-controlled strategy was designed to improve cell growth and direct carbon distribution between SCO and GA. Moreover, C. podzolicus DSM 27192 could degrade its stored lipids to synthesize GA in the late stationary phase, although considerable amounts of glucose remained unconsumed in the culture medium, indicating the importance of fermentation time control in co-production systems. All these observations provide opportunity to favor either the production of SCO or GA or rather their simultaneous production.ConclusionsCo-production of SCO and GA by C. podzolicus DSM 27192 can improve the economical value for microbial lipid-derived biodiesel production. Moreover, the results of the proposed co-production strategy might give guidance for other co-production systems.

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