Marilyn De Graeve, Isabelle Van de Velde, Lien Saey, Maarten Chys, Hanne Oorts, Hümeyra Kahriman, Stein Mincke, Christian Stevens, Sofie L De Maeseneire, Sophie L K W Roelants, Wim K G Soetaert
To decrease our dependency for the diminishing source of fossils resources, bio-based alternatives are being explored for the synthesis of commodity and high-value molecules. One example in this ecological initiative is the microbial production of the biosurfactant sophorolipids by the yeast Starmerella bombicola. Sophorolipids are surface-active molecules mainly used as household and laundry detergents. Because S. bombicola is able to produce high titers of sophorolipids, the yeast is also used to increase the portfolio of lipophilic compounds through strain engineering...
November 1, 2019: FEMS Yeast Research