Vel Tech High Tech Dr. Rangarajan Dr. Sakunthala Engineering College, Avadi, Chennai 600062, India.
Department of Biotechnology, Arunai Engineering College, Tiruvannamalai 606603, India.
Bioresour Technol. 2017 Jun;233:423-432. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.03.006. Epub 2017 Mar 6.
Microbes have recourse to low-priced substrates like agricultural wastes and industrial efflux. A pragmatic approach towards an emerging field- the exploitation of microbial oils for biodiesel production, pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications, food additives, biopolymer production will be of immense remunerative significance in the near future. Due to high free fatty acid, nutritive content and simpler solvent extraction processes of microbial oils with plant oil, microbial oils can back plant oils in food applications. The purpose of this review is to evaluate the opulence of lipid production in native and standard micro-organisms and also to emphasize the vast array of applications including food and fuel by obtaining maximum yield.
微生物可以利用农业废物和工业废水等廉价的基质。对于一个新兴领域——利用微生物油脂生产生物柴油、制药和化妆品应用、食品添加剂、生物聚合物的务实方法，在不久的将来将具有巨大的盈利意义。由于微生物油的游离脂肪酸含量高、营养成分丰富，溶剂萃取工艺比植物油简单，因此在食品应用中可以替代植物油。本文综述的目的是评估土著和标准微生物中脂质生产的丰富性，并通过获得最大产量来强调包括食品和燃料在内的广泛应用。
