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Evaluation of bread crumbs as a potential carbon source for the growth of Thraustochytrid species for oil and omega-3 production
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posted on 2014-05-01, 00:00 authored by Tamilselvi Thyagarajan, Munish Puri, Jitraporn Vongsvivut, Colin BarrowColin BarrowThe utilization of food waste by microorganisms to produce omega-3 fatty acids or biofuel is a potentially low cost method with positive environmental benefits. In the present study, the marine microorganisms Thraustochytrium sp. AH-2 and Schizochytrium sp. SR21 were used to evaluate the potential of breadcrumbs as an alternate carbon source for the production of lipids under static fermentation conditions. For the Thraustochytrium sp. AH-2, submerged liquid fermentation with 3% glucose produced 4.3 g/L of biomass and 44.16 mg/g of saturated fatty acids after seven days. Static fermentation with 0.5% and 1% breadcrumbs resulted in 2.5 and 4.7 g/L of biomass, and 42.4 and 33.6 mg/g of saturated fatty acids, respectively. Scanning electron microscopic (SEM) studies confirmed the growth of both strains on breadcrumbs. Attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy for both strains were consistent with the utilization of breadcrumbs for the production of unsaturated lipids, albeit at relatively low levels. The total lipid yield for static fermentation with bread crumbs was marginally lower than that of fermentation with glucose media, while the yield of unsaturated fatty acids was considerably lower, indicating that static fermentation may be more appropriate for the production of biodiesel than for the production of omega-3 rich oils in these strains.
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NutrientsVolume
6Issue
5Pagination
2104 - 2114Publisher
MDPI AGLocation
Basel, SwitzerlandPublisher DOI
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2072-6643Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2014, MDPI AGUsage metrics
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BiofuelsBiomassBreadCarbonCulture MediaFatty AcidsFatty Acids, Omega-3FermentationMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningSpectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraredStramenopilesScience & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicineNutrition & Dieteticsthraustochytridsbiodieselfeed supplementstatic fermentationPOLYUNSATURATED FATTY-ACIDSDHA PRODUCTIONMICROALGAEPROTISTSGLYCEROLYEASTSWASTE
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