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APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 102, Issue 1, Pages 143-151Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-017-8581-1
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Rhodosporidium toruloides; D-xylose; D-arabitol; Oleaginous yeast; Lipid
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- Energy Biosciences Institute [OO3G18]
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The sugar alcohol d-arabitol is one of the Department of Energy's top twelve bio-based building block chemicals. In this study, we found that the oleaginous yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides IFO0880 produces d-arabitol during growth on xylose in nitrogen-rich medium. Efficient xylose utilization was a prerequisite for extracellular d-arabitol production. During growth in complex media, R. toruloides produced 22 +/- 2, 32 +/- 2, and 49 +/- 2 g/L d-arabitol from 70, 105, and 150 g/L xylose, respectively. In addition, we found that R. toruloides could potentially be used for the co-production of lipids and d-arabitol from xylose. These results demonstrate that R. toruloides can be used to produce multiple value-added chemicals from xylose.
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