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In order to produce sophorolipids from whey, thereby lowering the lactose content and biological oxygen demand, a two-step batch cultivation process was developed including medium sterilization by filtration. In the first step, whey was sterilized by a combination of crossflow and sterile filtration. Because the sophorolipid-producing yeast Candida bombicola ATCC 22214 was not able to use lactose as a carbon source directly, the oleaginous yeast Cryptococcus curvatus ATCC 20509 was grown on deproteinized whey concentrates (DWC). With 1: 1 diluted DWC-20, lactose was consumed as the carbon source and biomass (24 g/l dry weight content) as well as single-cell oil (SCO, 10 g/l) were produced. The cultivation broth was disrupted with a glass bead mill and it served as medium for growth (29 g cell dry mass/l) and sophorolipid production (12 g/l) of the yeast C. bombicola.
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Received: 29 July 1998 / Received revision: 5 October 1998 / Accepted: 11 October 1998
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Daniel, HJ., Otto, R., Binder, M. et al. Production of sophorolipids from whey: development of a two-stage process with Cryptococcus curvatus ATCC 20509 and Candida bombicola ATCC 22214 using deproteinized whey concentrates as substrates. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 51, 40–45 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002530051360
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002530051360