Evaluation of single cell oil from Aureobasidium pullulans var. melanogenum P10 isolated from mangrove ecosystems for biodiesel production

• A. pullulans var. meanogenum P10 was found to be a new producer of SCO.
• It produced 66.3 g of oil per 100 g of cell dry weight within 120 h.
• The biodiesel produced from the extracted lipid could be burnt well.

In this study, the yeast strain P10 which was identified to be a member of Aureobasidium pullulans var. melanogenum isolated from the mangrove ecosystems was found to be able to accumulate high content of oil in its cells. After optimization of the medium for lipid production and cell growth by the yeast strain P10, it was found that 8.0 g of glucose per 100 ml, 0.02 g of yeast extract per 100 ml, 0.02 g of ammonium sulfate per 100 ml, pH 6.0 in the medium were the most suitable for lipid production. During 10-l fermentation, a titer was 66.3 g oil per 100 g of cell dry weight, cell mass was 1.3 g per 100 ml, a yield was 0.11 g of oil per g of consumed sugar and a productivity was 0.0009 g of oil per g of consumed sugar per h within 120 h. At the same time, only 0.07 g of reducing sugar per 100 ml was left in the fermented medium. The compositions of the fatty acids produced were C16:0 (26.7%), C16:1(1.7%), C18:0 (6.1%), C18:1 (44.5%), and C18:2 (21.0%). The biodiesel produced from the extracted lipid could be burnt well.