Contact
Volkmar Passoth
Associate professor at the Department of Molecular Sciences, SLU
Telephone: 018-673380
E-mail: volkmar.passoth@slu.se
Converting carbohydrates to biodiesel
Last changed: 08 April 2022
Oleaginous yeasts can convert carbohydrates into fatty acids at the highest known specific rates and the fatty acid content can exceed half of the total biomass in the cell. Carbohydrates derived from lignocellulose, are regarded as the main resource for a future fossil free renewable bio-based economy.
This project investigates the conversion of those carbohydrates to biodiesel or lipids for fish feeding, using oleaginous yeasts such as Lipomyces starkeyi or Rhodotorula glutinis.
This projects is part of the LipoDrivE project.
Publications
Olsen RA, Bunikis I, Tiukova I, Holmberg K, Lötstedt B, Vinnere-Pettersson O, Passoth V, Käller M, Vezzi F (2015). De novo assembly of Dekkera bruxellensis: a multi technology approach using short and long-read sequencing and optical mapping. Gigascience 4, 56
Blomqvist J, Passoth V (2015). Dekkera bruxellensis- spoilage yeast with biotechnological potential, and a model for yeast evolution, physiology and competitiveness. FEMS Yeast Res 15, fov021
Theuretzbacher F, Blomqvist J, Lizasoain J, Klietz J, Potthast A, Horn SJ, Nilsen PJ, Gronauer A, Passoth V, Bauer A (2015). The effect of a combined biological and thermo-chemical pretreatment of wheat straw on energy yields in coupled ethanol and methane generation. Bioresource Technol 194, 7-13
Tiukova I, Eberhard T, Passoth V (2014). Interaction of Lactobacillus vini with the ethanol producing yeasts Dekkera bruxellensis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 61, 40-44
Tiukova I, de Barros Pita W, Sundell D, Momeni MH, Horn SJ, Ståhlberg J, de Morais Jr MA, Passoth, V (2014) Adaptation of Dekkera bruxellensis to lignocellulose-based substrate. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 61, 51-57
Passoth V (2014). Bioethanol and other biofuels. In J Piskur and C Compagno (eds): Molecular Mechanisms in Yeast Carbon Metabolism. Springer Heidelberg, Berlin. pp. 217-259
de Barros Pita W, Silva DC, Simões DA, Passoth V, de Morais Jr MA (2013). Physiology and gene expression profiles of Dekkera bruxellensis in response to carbon and nitrogen availability. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 104, 855-868
Tiukova IA, Petterson ME, Tellgren-Roth C, Bunikis I, Eberhard T, Pettersson OV, Passoth V (2013). Transcriptome of the alternative ethanol production strain Dekkera bruxellensis CBS 11270 in sugar limited, low oxygen cultivation. PLoS One 8: e58455
de Barros Pita W, Tiukova I, Leite FC, Passoth V, Simões DA, de Morais MA Jr. (2013). The influence of nitrate on the physiology of the yeast Dekkera bruxellensis grown under oxygen limitation. Yeast 30: 111-117