A co-fermentation strategy with wood hydrolysate and crude glycerol to enhance the lipid accumulation in Rhodosporidium toruloides-1588.

Wood hydrolysate has been regarded as sustainable and renewable substrate to produce microbial lipids, a potential feedstock for the biodiesel industry. Moreover, the major by-product of biofuel industries is crude glycerol but its implementation as a carbon source is still constrained due to the presence of impurities resulting in low biomass production and low lipid titer. Thus, this study investigates the effect of different carbon ratios of hydrolysate and crude glycerol on R.

Effect of creating a fed-batch like condition using carbon to nitrogen ratios on lipid accumulation in Rhodosporidium toruloides-1588.

Utilizing the undetoxified wood hydrolysate to accumulate maximum lipids in Rhodosporidium toruloides under optimum conditions has been regarded as a renewable and cost-effective strategy. The current investigation aims to identify the best carbon to nitrogen (C/N 20, 70, and 120) ratio for maximum lipid accumulation in R. toruloides-1588 using wood hydrolysate.

Pulsed-ozonolysis assisted oxidative treatment of forestry biomass for lignin fractionation.

Lignocellulosic biomass has been used to produce biomolecules of industrial interest through thermochemical, biological, and chemical transformation. However, few works have been developed over lignin fractionation to obtain monolignols with commercial potentials, such as sinapyl, coniferyl, and p-coumaryl alcohols. This study is focused on developing a thermochemical method to delignify biomass.