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ArticleBiotechnology and bioengineering2020

Exploiting nonionic surfactants to enhance fatty alcohol production in Rhodosporidium toruloides.

Di Liu, Gina M Geiselman, Samuel Coradetti, Ya-Fang Cheng, James Kirby, Jan-Philip Prahl, Oslo Jacobson, Eric R Sundstrom, Deepti Tanjore, Jeffrey M Skerker and 1 more

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Article in Biotechnology and bioengineering, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Di LiuDepartment of Biomass Science and Conversion Technology, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California.
Gina M GeiselmanDepartment of Biomass Science and Conversion Technology, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California.
Samuel CoradettiDepartment of Biomass Science and Conversion Technology, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California.
Ya-Fang ChengQB3-Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley, California.
James KirbyDepartment of Biomass Science and Conversion Technology, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California.
Jan-Philip PrahlDepartment of Energy, Agile BioFoundry, Emeryville, California.
Oslo JacobsonDepartment of Energy, Agile BioFoundry, Emeryville, California.
Eric R SundstromDepartment of Energy, Agile BioFoundry, Emeryville, California.
Deepti TanjoreDepartment of Energy, Agile BioFoundry, Emeryville, California.
Jeffrey M SkerkerQB3-Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley, California.
John GladdenDepartment of Biomass Science and Conversion Technology, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California.ORCID 0000-0002-7484-5810
Sandia National Laboratories California · USLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · USUniversity of California, Berkeley · US

Funding

U.S. Department of Energy DE-AC02-05CH11231U.S. Department of Energy DE-NA0003525
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fatty alcohols (FOHs) are important feedstocks in the chemical industry to produce detergents, cosmetics, and lubricants. Microbial production of FOHs has become an attractive alternative to production in plants and animals due to growing energy demands and environmental concerns. However, inhibition of cell growth caused by intracellular FOH accumulation is one major issue that limits FOH titers in microbial hosts. In addition, identification of FOH-specific exporters remains a challenge and previous studies towards this end are limited. To alleviate the toxicity issue, we exploited nonionic surfactants to promote the export of FOHs in Rhodosporidium toruloides, an oleaginous yeast that is considered an attractive next-generation host for the production of fatty acid-derived chemicals. Our results showed FOH export efficiency was dramatically improved and the growth inhibition was alleviated in the presence of small amounts of tergitol and other surfactants. As a result, FOH titers increase by 4.3-fold at bench scale to 352.6 mg/L. With further process optimization in a 2-L bioreactor, the titer was further increased to 1.6 g/L. The method we show here can potentially be applied to other microbial hosts and may facilitate the commercialization of microbial FOH production.

Indexed as

Fatty AlcoholsRhodotorulaBioreactorsMetabolic EngineeringSurface-Active AgentsFatty AlcoholsSurface-Active Agentsfatty alcoholnonionic surfactantsproduct exportR. toruloides

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PMID31981215
PMCPMC7187362
OpenAlexW3001944837

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