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Schwanniomyces castellii B5285 grew faster and produced greater biomass and higher protein yield than either S. alluvius ATCC 26074 or S. alluvius 81Y when these amylolytic yeasts were grown with 2% (w/v) cassava starch as sole C source. With 0.5% (w/v) glutamate as N source, S. castellii reached 7.12 g cell dry mass/l, with a protein yield of 6.4 g/100 g starch. The optimal agitation speed, aeration rate and pH for growth of this yeast in a fermenter were 400 rev/min, 1.67 vol./vol.min. and 5.0, respectively. Tween 80 at 0.1% increased cell dry mass to 8.90 g/l, cell yield to 44 g/100 g starch and protein yield to 7.4 g/100 g starch.
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The authors are with the Department of industrial Biotechnology, Faculty of Agro-Industry, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai 90110, Thailand
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Hongpattarakere, T., H-Kittikun, A. Optimization of single-cell-protein production from cassava starch using Schwanniomyces castellii . World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology 11, 607–609 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00360999
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00360999