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Effect of Metabolic Stress and Various Environmental Conditions on Lipid Accumulation in Halophilic Yeast Candida albicans
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Candida albicans is one of the most commonly found yeast. It has capacity to accumulated higher quantity of lipids which can be used as SCO (single cell oil) or a feedstock for biodiesel production. In this experiment, an attempt was made to determine the effect of metabolic stress conditions and various environmental conditions on lipid accumulation capability of yeast. As an outcome of this experiment, it was found that ratio of C:N has great impact on lipid accumulation. Not only this, temperature and incubation time also plays a significant role in lipid accumulation. Under controlled condition Candida was successfully able to accumulate seven times higher lipids within the cells as compared to normal growth conditions.
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C:N ratio, Lipid Accumulation, Yeast
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