| Literature DB >> 17697987 |
Tomotake Morita1, Masaaki Konishi, Tokuma Fukuoka, Tomohiro Imura, Dai Kitamoto.
Abstract
Microbial conversion of glycerol into functional bio-based materials was investigated, aiming to facilitate the utilization of waste glycerol. A basidiomycete yeast, Pseudozyma antarctica JCM 10317, efficiently produced mannosylerythritol lipids (MELs) as glycolipid biosurfactants from glycerol. The amount of MEL yield reached 16.3 g l(-1) by intermittent feeding of glycerol.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17697987 DOI: 10.1263/jbb.104.78
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Biosci Bioeng ISSN: 1347-4421 Impact factor: 2.894