圆红冬孢酵母利用生物乙醇废水-木薯粉水解液发酵产油

【目的】获得能够高效降解生物乙醇废水化学需氧量(COD)的圆红冬孢酵母菌株,评估废水初始COD浓度对驯化菌株生长的影响,将木薯粉生产微生物油脂和高浓度有机废水降解过程整合,以生物乙醇废水为水源制备生物乙醇废水-木薯粉水解液培养基,明确产油效率高、生物乙醇废水COD降解率高的初始还原糖浓度。【方法】采用在高浓度的生物乙醇废水中进行多次驯化的方法,获得能够适应废水环境的圆红冬孢酵母菌株;采用双酶水解法对加入乙醇废水中的木薯粉进行水解;采用重量法监测生物量浓度变化,采用酸热法提取油脂,重铬酸钾法监测COD,DNS法测定废水还原糖浓度,凯氏定氮法测定总氮,钼酸铵比色法测定总磷。【结果】通过驯化筛选得到一株能耐受高浓度生物乙醇废水的优势菌株Rhodosporidium toruloides D5。以未稀释的废水为培养基,驯化菌株的最终生物量浓度和COD降解率分别为3.8 g/L和75.0%。采用生物乙醇废水-木薯粉水解液发酵时,控制初始还原糖浓度低于30 g/L时,生物量浓度和油脂浓度随初始还原糖浓度的升高而升高,均在120 h时达到最高COD降解率,初始还原糖浓度对达到的最大COD降解率无明显影响,废水N、P去除率分别达到99%和92%以上。【结论】在未经稀释的高浓度生物乙醇废水中可获得较高的生物量浓度;采用高浓度生物乙醇废水-木薯粉水解液培养基发酵产油,初始还原糖浓度为30 g/L,可在保证高油脂产量的同时,实现废水COD的高效降解,有效回收利用废水中残余的N、P源,从而降低微生物油脂生产和废水处理成本,研究结果可为开发廉价微生物油脂生产技术提供有用的参考。     

粘红酵母在味精废水中发酵生产油脂

对粘红酵母菌株进行驯化得到一株优良菌株Rh8,利用其在味精废水中发酵以去除废水中的化学需氧量(COD)并生产油脂;考察废水pH以及添加葡萄糖母液、营养因子等对菌株Rh8在味精废水中生长、产油和COD去除效果的影响,发现将废水稀释4倍、调节pH至5.5时,菌株可以较好地生长;而添加废葡萄糖母液、酵母粉、KH2PO4、MgSO4、MnSO4均能够促进菌体的生长、产油和废水中的COD去除,在250 mL摇瓶中,生物量最高可达15.6 g/L,干菌体中油脂质量分数达到29.61%,COD去除率达到45.1%。     

海洋红酵母产虾青素培养基优化的初步研究

为了提高海洋红酵母发酵虾青素的产量水平,对海洋红酵母的培养基成分进行了初步研究。试验结果表明,海洋红酵母能利用葡萄糖、淀粉水解糖、糖蜜等多种碳源,用淀粉水解糖为碳源培养海洋红酵母所获得的虾青素体积产率最大;用牛肉膏为氮源有利于提高海洋红酵母的生物量,以(NH4)2SO4、NH4Cl和蛋白胨为氮源有利于提高海洋红酵母的虾青素体积产率,用KNO3、草酸铵、蛋白胨、尿素有利于提高海洋红酵母的虾青素细胞产率;在海洋红酵母的培养基中添加Mn2 、Cd2 、Zn2 、Fe2 能增加生物量,添加Zn2 、Fe3 、Mn2 能增加海洋红酵母的虾青素体积产率,添加Fe3 能提高海洋红酵母的虾青素细胞产率。     

产油真菌在甘薯淀粉废水中发酵的初步研究

目的:利用甘薯淀粉废水发酵低成本获取微生物油脂。方法:以甘薯淀粉废水为发酵基质,进行菌株筛选、发酵工艺优化及油脂成分的气相色谱分析。结果:筛选出一株刺孢小克银汉霉F7,生物量为19.375g/L,含油量为45.1%。菌株F7发酵第11天生物量达到18.140g/L,含油量达到51.2%,COD去除率87%。研究发现与对照相比,NaAc和KH2PO4对生长、产油以及出水COD去除有显著促进作用,NaAc2g/L时生物量提高了25.4%,含油量提高了4.4%,COD下降了52.0%,KH2PO4的作用稍次之。结论:资源化利用甘薯淀粉废水发酵生产微生物油脂同时降低废水COD是一条可行的途径,可以为生物柴油提供廉价油源。     

糠醛对粘红酵母生长与油脂积累的影响

为了探究纤维素水解液中常见的发酵抑制物糠醛对粘红酵母Rhodotorula glutinis生长与油脂积累的影响,对比了不同的糠醛浓度(0.1、0.4、0.6、1.5 g/L)下粘红酵母的生物量和油脂积累情况,并探究了1.0 g/L的糠醛对粘红酵母不同碳源(葡萄糖和木糖)利用的影响。研究表明,当糠醛浓度达1.5 g/L时,粘红酵母的延迟期延长至96 h,残糖高达17.7 g/L,生物量最高6.6 g/L,仅为正常积累量的47%,油脂含量也减少了约50%;以木糖为碳源时,糠醛对粘红酵母的抑制程度小于葡萄糖为碳源时的情况;在糠醛存在的逆境中,粘红酵母倾向于生成更多的18碳脂肪酸或18碳不饱和脂肪酸。     

液态烷烃氧载体对粘红酵母发酵产番茄红素的影响

研究正己烷、正十二烷、正十六烷3种液态烷烃作为氧载体对粘红酵母生长和番茄红素合成的影响,发现氧载体不仅使菌体生物量提高,同时使单位细胞的番茄红素产率增大,从而提高粘红酵母合成番茄红素的能力。3种液态烷烃中正十二烷作为氧载体效果较好,试验结果表明,在发酵第0 h时添加4%的正十二烷,细胞生物量达到16.49 g/L,番茄红素合成量达到42.32 mg/L分别比对照组提高了26.2%和50.17%。     

酿酒酵母产油脂条件的优化

微生物细胞通常仅含2%3%油脂,但少数微生物含油脂率却可达70%以上,所以高含油脂量使微生物油脂实际开发成为可能。目前用于生产多不饱和脂肪酸的微生物主要为藻类和真菌。尽管微生物油脂是当前的研究热点,已经引起广大研究者的重视,但目前国内外研究大都集中在含油脂量在干重20%以上的微生物,如浅白色隐性酵母、粘红酵母等,而对于酿酒酵母来说,则很少见到研究其产油脂的相关报道。     

响应面法优化酿酒酵母产油脂条件

运用响应面法对酿酒酵母(Saccharomyces cerevisiae)产油脂以及发酵条件优化进行了研究。首先根据单因素实验结果,利用Plackett-Burman设计对影响其产油脂相关因素进行评估并筛选出具有显著效应的3个因素:柠檬酸,CaCl2和初始pH值。接着用最陡爬坡试验逼近以上3个因子的最大响应区域后,采用Box-Behnken设计以及响应面分析法,确定其优化后发酵条件为(w/v):葡萄糖15%,蛋白胨0.2%,酵母浸粉0.4%,柠檬酸0.471%,MgSO4·7H2O0.1%,ZnSO4·7H2O0.2%,CaCl20.025%,FeSO4·7H2O0.005%,初始pH值为6.74,180r/min,30°C培养96h。优化后的油脂产率(干重)达到14.55%,比在种子培养基中油脂产率4.76%提高了2倍左右。     

耐乙酸粘红酵母合成油脂

乙酸是木质纤维素在水解过程中的主要副产物,高浓度的乙酸严重影响产油微生物的生长和油脂合成。本文研究了粘红酵母对乙酸的耐受性及其利用乙酸合成微生物油脂的能力。结果表明,在初始葡萄糖、木糖浓度分别为6 g/L和44 g/L的混合糖培养基中,乙酸浓度低于10 g/L时,不会对菌体生长产生抑制作用,油脂合成还得到了促进。当乙酸添加量为10 g/L时,生物量、油脂产量、油脂含量较对照组分别提高了21.5%、171.2%和121.6%。进一步研究表明,粘红酵母具备利用乙酸合成油脂的能力,当以乙酸为唯一碳源,浓度为25 g/L时,油脂产量达到3.20 g/L,油脂质量得率为13%。微生物油脂成分分析表明,粘红酵母以乙酸为底物制得的油脂可以作为制备生物柴油的油脂原料,其主要成分为棕榈酸、硬脂酸、油酸、亚油酸和亚麻酸,其中饱和脂肪酸和不饱和脂肪酸含量分别为40.9%和59.1%。由于粘红酵母具有利用乙酸合成微生物油脂的能力,在以木质纤维素水解液为原料生产微生物油脂的脱毒过程中,一定浓度的乙酸可以不必脱除。     

甘薯淀粉废水发酵生产微生物油脂的研究

研究了废水预处理方式及添加营养因子对产油菌株FR在甘薯淀粉废水中生长、产油及COD去除的影响。发现不经稀释的废水发酵效果优于稀释后的效果,采用淀粉酶液化处理、添加碳氮比、添加Mn2 均能够促进菌株FR生长、产油和COD去除,淀粉酶液化处理后的产油率可达45.3%,淀粉酶和糖化酶先后处理后的COD去除率可达66.3%。Mg2 的加入可以提高生物量。     

Effect of ammonium-N on malic enzyme and lipid production in Rhodotorula glutinis grown on monosodium glutamate wastewater

Rhodotorula glutinis, an oil producing strain, can utilize monosodium glutamate (MSG) wastewater as a raw material for lipid production. The effects of ammonium-N in the MSG wastewater (ammonium 15,000–25,000?mg/L, COD 30,000–50,000?mg/L) on cell growth, lipid accumulation and malic enzyme activity of R. glutinis have been studied. Four initial ammonium sulfate concentrations in the medium were set, which were 20, 60, 100, and 140?g/L. With an increase in the ammonium sulfate concentration, the uptake of ammonia nitrogen and lipid accumulation increased while the biomass decreased at 72?h. The maximum value of ammonia nitrogen consumption reached 5.77?g/L for an initial ammonium sulfate concentration of 140?g/L at 72?h. In addition, 60?g/L ammonium sulfate concentration may be an appropriate concentration for R. glutinis cultivation. The activity of the malic enzyme was measured and the results showed that there was a linear relationship between the intracellular lipid content and the total malic enzyme activity.     

Studies on lipid production by Rhodotorula glutinis fermentation using monosodium glutamate wastewater as culture medium

Microbial lipid, as a raw material for biodiesel, can be produced by Rhodotorula glutinis with the monosodium glutamate (MSG) wastewater. The effect of adding glucose to MSG wastewater on lipid production was studied in this paper. Three different strategies, including initial addition, fed-batch addition and glucose feedback addition were attempted. The results show that addition of glucose was found favorable not only for cell growth but also for lipid synthesis. Of the three adding methods glucose feedback addition was the most effective one: about 25 g/L of biomass, 20% of lipid content and 45% of COD degradation were obtained respectively. And the components of the resulted lipid using different addition strategies were further studied.     

Biomass production from glutamate fermentation wastewater by the co-culture of Candida halophila and Rhodotorula glutinis

In this study, the biomass production and pollutant removal from high-strength glutamate fermentation wastewater (GFW) using yeast isolates was investigated. Following enrichment culture, two species of yeasts, Candida halophila and Rhodotorula glutinis, were isolated from raw GFW with chemical oxygen demand (COD) and ammonia-nitrogen levels of 40 and 16 g l(-1), respectively. The binary mixed yeast culture was cultivated batchwise in 2.5-fold diluted GFW from which 85% of COD and 96% of reducing sugar were removed. The resulting yeast biomass contained 56% crude protein, 36.0% carbohydrate and 0.4% crude lipid. The amino acid composition of mixed yeast cells was balanced and was comparable with that of C. utilis and soybean.     

Some properties of the adenosine triphosphatase systems of two yeast species,saccharomyces cerevisiae and rhodotorula glutinis

1. Total ATPase levels were determined in homogenate fractions of baker's yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae K and Rhodotorula glutinis. The maximum ATPase activities in 8000 X g supernatant of the three yeast strains were 6.0, 1.9, and 2.2 mmol Pih-1 (gDS)-1, respectively; the activities in the sediment were somewhat higher. Exponential cells of S. cerevisiae K and R. glutinis exhibited higher ATPase levels than did the stationary cells. 2. The total ATPase activity in both yeast species showed a maximum at ph 6.8 a minimum at pH 7.2, and another broader masimum around pH 8.0. 3. No significant NaK-ATPase activity was detected in baker's yeast, in either the exponential or the stationary cells of R. glutinis, and in exponential S. cerevisiae K cells in the pH range of 6.0-9.3. 4. Stationary cells of S. cerevisiae K exhibited, at pH 7.0-8.5, A Na,K-ATPase activity attaining 9% of total ATPase level. 5.3 X 10(-3) M phenylmethyl sulphonyl fluoride had no effect on the total ATPase level in S. cerevisiae and inhibited the activity in R. glutinis by 25%; it did not bring forth any Na,K-ATPase activity apart from that found in its absence. 6. 1.5 M urea lowered the ATPase activity in R. glutinis by 68% but had no effect on S. cerevisiae cells. 10(-5) M dicyclohexylcarbodiimide suppressed the ATPase activity in S. cerevisiae and R. glutinis by 74 and 79%, respectively. Neither agent revealed and additional Na,K-ATPase activity. 7. The comparison of Na,K-ATPase activities with data on K+ fluxes across the yeast plasma membrane suggested that even with the lower flux values the Na,K-ATPase, even if present, would account for a mere 40% of transported ions. The results imply that the active ion transport in yeasts is energized by mechanisms other than the Na,K-ATPase.     

Dyestuff wastewater treatment using chemical oxidation,physical adsorption and fixed bed biofilm process

Fenton’s oxidation and activated carbon adsorption were examined as pretreatment processes for dyestuff wastewater having high salinity, colour, and non-biodegradable organic concentrations. In this work, each wastewater stream produced by individual production processes was classified as streams R1, R2, and R3. The stream having a value of BOD₅/COD lower than 0.4 was pretreated by Fenton’s oxidation or activated carbon adsorption to increase the ratio of BOD₅/COD which indicates biodegradability. For Fenton’s oxidation with one stream having a value of BOD₅/COD lower than 0.4, the optimal reaction pH was 3.0 and the minimum dosing concentration (mg l⁻¹) of H₂O₂:FeSO₄·7H₂O was 700:3500. Stream R3, which consisted mainly of methanol was efficiently treated by activated carbon adsorption. The ratio of BOD₅/COD was also increased to 0.432 and 0.31 from 0.06 in Fenton’s oxidation and activated carbon adsorption, respectively. A biological treatment system using a fixed bed reactor was also investigated to enhance biological treatment efficiency at various hydraulic retention times, pretreatment conditions by Fenton’s reagent and salt concentrations by dyestuff wastewater. In addition, the efficiency of Fenton’s oxidation as a post-treatment system was also investigated to present a total treatment process of dyestuff wastewater. As the influent COD and salinity were increased, the effluent SS and COD were consequently increased. However, as the microorganisms became adapted to the changed influent condition, the treatment efficiency of the fixed bed reactor quickly recovered under the high COD and salinity since the microorganisms were well adapted to toxic influent conditions. A wastewater treatment process consisting of chemical oxidation, activated carbon adsorption, fixed bed biofilm process and Fenton’s oxidation as a post-treatment system can be useful to treat dyestuff wastewater having high salinity, colour, and non-biodegradable organic concentration.     

Mesophilic and thermophilic activated sludge post treatment of anaerobic effluent. Sludge and wastewater characterisation using batch experiments

Anaerobic pretreated paper process water was characterized interms of readily biodegradable, slowly biodegradable, very slowly biodegradable and inert wastewaterfractions under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions. The anaerobic pretreated paper process water containeda relatively high amount of slowly biodegradable components and few easily biodegradable componentsas indicated by the ratio of short term BOD over the BOD5. Wastewater readily biodegradable COD, determinedas short term BOD, was almost similar when measured under both temperature conditions. Fractions ofslowly biodegradable COD and inert COD of the same wastewater were found to depend on the type of biomassinvolved in the test. Thermophilic aerobic biomass was not able to degrade the wastewater to the sameextent as the mesophilic biomass resulting in higher apparent inert COD levels. Furthermore, wastewater colloidalCOD did not flocculate under thermophilic conditions and was thus not removed from the liquid phase.     

Carotenoids and fatty acids in red yeasts Sporobolomyces roseus and Rhodotorula glutinis

Rhodotorula glutinis and Sporobolomyces roseus, grown under different aeration regimes, showed differential responses in their carotenoid content. At higher aeration, the concentration of total carotenoids increased relative to biomass and total fatty acids in R. glutinis, but the composition of carotenoids (torulene > beta-carotene > gamma-carotene > torularhodin) remained unaltered. In contrast, S. roseus responded to enhanced aeration by a shift from the predominant beta-carotene to torulene and torularhodin, indicating a biosynthetic switch at the gamma-carotene branch point of carotenoid biosynthesis. The overall levels of total carotenoids in highly aerated flasks were 0.55 mol-percent and 0.50 mol-percent relative to total fatty acids in R. glutinis and S. roseus (respectively), and 206 and 412 microg g(-1) dry weight (respectively).     

Optimization of a biological process for treating potato chips industry wastewater using a mixed culture of Aspergillus foetidus and Aspergillus niger

Potato chips industry wastewater was collected and analyzed for biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total suspended solids (TSS) and total carbohydrates. Two Aspergillus species, A. foetidus and A. niger, were evaluated for their ability to grow and produce biomass and reduce the organic load of the wastewater. A. foetidus MTCC 508 and A. niger ITCC 2012 were able to reduce COD by about 60% and produce biomass 2.4 and 2.85 gl(-1), respectively. Co-inoculation of both Aspergillus strains resulted in increased fungal biomass production and higher COD reduction than in individual culture at different culture pH. pH 6 was optimum for biomass production and COD reduction. Amendment of the wastewater with different N and P sources, increased the biomass production and COD reduction substantially. Under standardized conditions of pH 6 and amendment of wastewater with 0.1% KH2PO4 and 0.1% (NH4)2 SO4, a mixed culture gave 90% reduction in COD within 60 h of incubation.