National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692 Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Oleaginous yeast are known to synthesize and accumulate large amount of intracellular triacylglycerol. Hence, they are considered to be one of the most promising alternate sources for oil production. In this regard, the present study was undertaken to isolate, characterize and screen oleaginous yeast for biomass and lipid production. Eighty yeast isolates were obtained from 19 soil samples collected from different districts of Karnataka. Out of 80 isolates, ten isolates were confirmed to be oleaginous based on Sudan Black B staining. These isolates were further analyzed for biomass and lipid production. The reference strain Debaryomyceshansenii var. hansenii was also used in the study. The highest biomass and lipid production of 806.03 mg/100ml and 123.51 mg/100ml respectively was recorded by the isolate OYB-1 followed by OYH-2 with biomass production of 790.59 mg/100ml and lipid production of 120.50 mg/100ml. Hence the isolate OYB-1 can be exploited for biodiesel production.
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