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The peculiarities of succinic acid production from rapeseed oil by Yarrowia lipolytica yeast

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The process of succinic acid (SA) production represents the combination of microbial synthesis of α-ketoglutaric acid from rapeseed oil by yeast Yarrowia lipolytica VKM Y-2412 and subsequent decarboxylation of α-ketoglutaric acid by hydrogen peroxide to SA that leads to the production of 69.0 g l−1 of SA and 1.36 g l−1 of acetic acid. SA was isolated from the culture broth filtrate in a crystalline form. The SA recovery from the culture filtrate has certain difficulties due to the presence of residual triglycerides of rapeseed oil. The effect of different methods of the culture filtrate treatment and various sorption materials on the coagulation of triglycerides was studied, and as a result, the precipitation of residual triglycerides by acetone was chosen. The subsequent isolation procedures involved the decomposition of H2O2 in the filtrate followed by filtrate bleaching and acidification with a mineral acid, evaporation of filtrate, and SA extraction with ethanol from the residue. The purity of crystalline SA isolated from the culture broth filtrate achieved 97.6–100 %. The product yield varied from 62.6 to 71.6 % depending on the acidity of the supernatant.

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This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant no. 12-08-01157-a).

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  1. G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect Nauki 5, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia, 142290

    Svetlana V. Kamzolova, Natalia G. Vinokurova, Emiliya G. Dedyukhina, Vladimir A. Samoilenko, Julia N. Lunina, Alexey A. Mironov, Ramil K. Allayarov & Igor G. Morgunov

  2. Pushchino State Institute of Natural Sciences, Prospekt Nauki 3, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia, 142290

    Alexey A. Mironov, Ramil K. Allayarov & Igor G. Morgunov

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Kamzolova, S.V., Vinokurova, N.G., Dedyukhina, E.G. et al. The peculiarities of succinic acid production from rapeseed oil by Yarrowia lipolytica yeast. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 98, 4149–4157 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-014-5585-y

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