INVESTIGADORES
LIBKIND FRATI Diego
artículos
Título:
BIOMASS AND CAROTENOID PIGMENTS PRODUCTION BY PATAGONIAN NATIVE YEASTS
Autor/es:
LIBKIND FRATI, D; VAN BROOCK, MR
Revista:
WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY
Editorial:
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Referencias:
Año: 2006 vol. 22 p. 687 - 692
ISSN:
0959-3993
Resumen:
New yeast isolates from unexplored Patagonian habitats were studied for the production of biomass and carotenoids as the first step towards the selection of hyper-producing strains and the design of a process optimisation approach. Patagonian yeast isolates considered as potential biomass and carotenoid sources were studied using ammonium sulphate and urea as nitrogen sources in semi-synthetic medium (MMS), and agro-industrial by-products (cane molasses, corn syrup, raw malt extract) as carbon sources. Maximum pigment production (300 mg g-1) was achieved by Rhodotorula mucilaginosa CRUB 0195 and by novel species Cryptococcus sp. CRUB 1046. b-carotene, torulene and torularhodin were major carotenoids found.
