Search results for "RICINOLEIC ACID"
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Production of Dicarboxylic Acids and Flagrances by Yarrowia lipolytica
2013
Yeasts are excellent biocatalysts in the field of alkane and fatty acids transformation into dicarboxylic acids and lactones. Their ability to produce some diacids through simple, less expensive and more environment friendly routes than chemical pathways and to produce particular diacids (e.g. unsaturated ones) but also to transform natural substrates into lactones with a natural label has made them the subject of many researches. Although Candida species were often first studied, the development of genetic tools, the knowledge of the genome and some genomic and biotechnological particularities of Yarrowia lipolytica resulted to interesting developments with this species. This chapter aims …
Addition of reducing agent dithiothreitol improves 4-decanolide synthesis by the genus Sporidiobolus.
2000
Two species of the genus Sporidiobolus, S. johnsonii and S. ruinenii, were used to study the effect of the reducing agent, dithiothreitol (DTT), on 4-decanolide production using ricinoleic acid as the substrate. The results indicate that the addition of DTT into the cultures significantly enhanced 4-decanolide biosynthesis by the two species.