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Salazar-Cerezo S, de Vries RP, Garrigues S. Strategies for the Development of Industrial Fungal Producing Strains. J Fungi (Basel) 2023; 9:834. [PMID: 37623605 PMCID: PMC10455633 DOI: 10.3390/jof9080834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2023] [Revised: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
Abstract
The use of microorganisms in industry has enabled the (over)production of various compounds (e.g., primary and secondary metabolites, proteins and enzymes) that are relevant for the production of antibiotics, food, beverages, cosmetics, chemicals and biofuels, among others. Industrial strains are commonly obtained by conventional (non-GMO) strain improvement strategies and random screening and selection. However, recombinant DNA technology has made it possible to improve microbial strains by adding, deleting or modifying specific genes. Techniques such as genetic engineering and genome editing are contributing to the development of industrial production strains. Nevertheless, there is still significant room for further strain improvement. In this review, we will focus on classical and recent methods, tools and technologies used for the development of fungal production strains with the potential to be applied at an industrial scale. Additionally, the use of functional genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics together with the implementation of genetic manipulation techniques and expression tools will be discussed.
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- Sonia Salazar-Cerezo
- Fungal Physiology, Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute & Fungal Molecular Physiology, Utrecht University, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands (R.P.d.V.)
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- Fungal Physiology, Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute & Fungal Molecular Physiology, Utrecht University, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands (R.P.d.V.)
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- Food Biotechnology Department, Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos (IATA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Catedrático Agustín Escardino Benlloch 7, 46980 Paterna, VLC, Spain
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Intelligent host engineering for metabolic flux optimisation in biotechnology. Biochem J 2021; 478:3685-3721. [PMID: 34673920 PMCID: PMC8589332 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20210535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2021] [Revised: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Optimising the function of a protein of length N amino acids by directed evolution involves navigating a 'search space' of possible sequences of some 20N. Optimising the expression levels of P proteins that materially affect host performance, each of which might also take 20 (logarithmically spaced) values, implies a similar search space of 20P. In this combinatorial sense, then, the problems of directed protein evolution and of host engineering are broadly equivalent. In practice, however, they have different means for avoiding the inevitable difficulties of implementation. The spare capacity exhibited in metabolic networks implies that host engineering may admit substantial increases in flux to targets of interest. Thus, we rehearse the relevant issues for those wishing to understand and exploit those modern genome-wide host engineering tools and thinking that have been designed and developed to optimise fluxes towards desirable products in biotechnological processes, with a focus on microbial systems. The aim throughput is 'making such biology predictable'. Strategies have been aimed at both transcription and translation, especially for regulatory processes that can affect multiple targets. However, because there is a limit on how much protein a cell can produce, increasing kcat in selected targets may be a better strategy than increasing protein expression levels for optimal host engineering.
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Dekker WJC, Ortiz-Merino RA, Kaljouw A, Battjes J, Wiering FW, Mooiman C, Torre PDL, Pronk JT. Engineering the thermotolerant industrial yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus for anaerobic growth. Metab Eng 2021; 67:347-364. [PMID: 34303845 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2021.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2021] [Revised: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
Current large-scale, anaerobic industrial processes for ethanol production from renewable carbohydrates predominantly rely on the mesophilic yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Use of thermotolerant, facultatively fermentative yeasts such as Kluyveromyces marxianus could confer significant economic benefits. However, in contrast to S. cerevisiae, these yeasts cannot grow in the absence of oxygen. Responses of K. marxianus and S. cerevisiae to different oxygen-limitation regimes were analyzed in chemostats. Genome and transcriptome analysis, physiological responses to sterol supplementation and sterol-uptake measurements identified absence of a functional sterol-uptake mechanism as a key factor underlying the oxygen requirement of K. marxianus. Heterologous expression of a squalene-tetrahymanol cyclase enabled oxygen-independent synthesis of the sterol surrogate tetrahymanol in K. marxianus. After a brief adaptation under oxygen-limited conditions, tetrahymanol-expressing K. marxianus strains grew anaerobically on glucose at temperatures of up to 45 °C. These results open up new directions in the development of thermotolerant yeast strains for anaerobic industrial applications.
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- Wijbrand J C Dekker
- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629, HZ Delft, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629, HZ Delft, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629, HZ Delft, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629, HZ Delft, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629, HZ Delft, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629, HZ Delft, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629, HZ Delft, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, van der Maasweg 9, 2629, HZ Delft, the Netherlands.
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Mooiman C, Bouwknegt J, Dekker WJC, Wiersma SJ, Ortiz-Merino RA, de Hulster E, Pronk JT. Critical parameters and procedures for anaerobic cultivation of yeasts in bioreactors and anaerobic chambers. FEMS Yeast Res 2021; 21:foab035. [PMID: 34100921 PMCID: PMC8216787 DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/foab035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Accepted: 06/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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All known facultatively fermentative yeasts require molecular oxygen for growth. Only in a small number of yeast species, these requirements can be circumvented by supplementation of known anaerobic growth factors such as nicotinate, sterols and unsaturated fatty acids. Biosynthetic oxygen requirements of yeasts are typically small and, unless extensive precautions are taken to minimize inadvertent entry of trace amounts of oxygen, easily go unnoticed in small-scale laboratory cultivation systems. This paper discusses critical points in the design of anaerobic yeast cultivation experiments in anaerobic chambers and laboratory bioreactors. Serial transfer or continuous cultivation to dilute growth factors present in anaerobically pre-grown inocula, systematic inclusion of control strains and minimizing the impact of oxygen diffusion through tubing are identified as key elements in experimental design. Basic protocols are presented for anaerobic-chamber and bioreactor experiments.
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- Christiaan Mooiman
- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands
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Galindo-Leva LÁ, Hughes SR, López-Núñez JC, Jarodsky JM, Erickson A, Lindquist MR, Cox EJ, Bischoff KM, Hoecker EC, Liu S, Qureshi N, Jones MA. Growth, ethanol production, and inulinase activity on various inulin substrates by mutant Kluyveromyces marxianus strains NRRL Y-50798 and NRRL Y-50799. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2016; 43:927-39. [PMID: 27130462 PMCID: PMC4902847 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-016-1771-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2015] [Accepted: 04/11/2016] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Economically important plants contain large amounts of inulin. Disposal of waste resulting from their processing presents environmental issues. Finding microorganisms capable of converting inulin waste to biofuel and valuable co-products at the processing site would have significant economic and environmental impact. We evaluated the ability of two mutant strains of Kluyveromyces marxianus (Km7 and Km8) to utilize inulin for ethanol production. In glucose medium, both strains consumed all glucose and produced 0.40 g ethanol/g glucose at 24 h. In inulin medium, Km7 exhibited maximum colony forming units (CFU)/mL and produced 0.35 g ethanol/g inulin at 24 h, while Km8 showed maximum CFU/mL and produced 0.02 g ethanol/g inulin at 96 h. At 24 h in inulin + glucose medium, Km7 produced 0.40 g ethanol/g (inulin + glucose) and Km8 produced 0.20 g ethanol/g (inulin + glucose) with maximum CFU/mL for Km8 at 72 h, 40 % of that for Km7 at 36 h. Extracellular inulinase activity at 6 h for both Km7 and Km8 was 3.7 International Units (IU)/mL.
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- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR) Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, 1815, North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA.
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- National Coffee Research Centre (Cenicafe) National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia (FNC), Cenicafé Planalto Km 4 vía Antigua Chinchiná, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia
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- Department of Chemistry, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, 61790-4160, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, 61790-4160, USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR) Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, 1815, North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR) Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, 1815, North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR) Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, 1815, North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR) Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, 1815, North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR) Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, 1815, North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR) Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, 1815, North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, 61790-4160, USA
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Lindquist MR, López-Núñez JC, Jones MA, Cox EJ, Pinkelman RJ, Bang SS, Moser BR, Jackson MA, Iten LB, Kurtzman CP, Bischoff KM, Liu S, Qureshi N, Tasaki K, Rich JO, Cotta MA, Saha BC, Hughes SR. Irradiation of Yarrowia lipolytica NRRL YB-567 creating novel strains with enhanced ammonia and oil production on protein and carbohydrate substrates. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2015; 99:9723-43. [PMID: 26272089 PMCID: PMC4628078 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-6852-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2015] [Revised: 07/12/2015] [Accepted: 07/15/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Increased interest in sustainable production of renewable diesel and other valuable bioproducts is redoubling efforts to improve economic feasibility of microbial-based oil production. Yarrowia lipolytica is capable of employing a wide variety of substrates to produce oil and valuable co-products. We irradiated Y. lipolytica NRRL YB-567 with UV-C to enhance ammonia (for fertilizer) and lipid (for biodiesel) production on low-cost protein and carbohydrate substrates. The resulting strains were screened for ammonia and oil production using color intensity of indicators on plate assays. Seven mutant strains were selected (based on ammonia assay) and further evaluated for growth rate, ammonia and oil production, soluble protein content, and morphology when grown on liver infusion medium (without sugars), and for growth on various substrates. Strains were identified among these mutants that had a faster doubling time, produced higher maximum ammonia levels (enzyme assay) and more oil (Sudan Black assay), and had higher maximum soluble protein levels (Bradford assay) than wild type. When grown on plates with substrates of interest, all mutant strains showed similar results aerobically to wild-type strain. The mutant strain with the highest oil production and the fastest doubling time was evaluated on coffee waste medium. On this medium, the strain produced 0.12 g/L ammonia and 0.20 g/L 2-phenylethanol, a valuable fragrance/flavoring, in addition to acylglycerols (oil) containing predominantly C16 and C18 residues. These mutant strains will be investigated further for potential application in commercial biodiesel production.
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- Mitch R Lindquist
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR), Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- National Coffee Research Centre - Cenicafe, National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia - FNC, Cenicafé Planalto Km 4 vía Antigua Chinchiná, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia
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- 4160 Department of Chemistry, Illinois State University, 214 Julian Hall, Normal, IL, 61790-4160, USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR), Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Chemical and Biological Engineering, 501 East Saint Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD, 57701-3995, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Chemical and Biological Engineering, 501 East Saint Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD, 57701-3995, USA
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- USDA, ARS, NCAUR, Bio-oils Research Unit, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR), Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- USDA, ARS, NCAUR, Bioenergy Research Unit, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- USDA, ARS, NCAUR, Bacterial Foodborne Pathogens and Mycology Research Unit, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR), Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR), Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- USDA, ARS, NCAUR, Bioenergy Research Unit, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- Mitsubishi Chemical, USMC Research & Innovation, 410 Palos Verdes Blvd, Redondo Beach, CA, 90277, USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR), Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- USDA, ARS, NCAUR, Bioenergy Research Unit, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- USDA, ARS, NCAUR, Bioenergy Research Unit, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR), Renewable Product Technology Research Unit, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA.
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Integrated Automation for Continuous High-Throughput Synthetic Chromosome Assembly and Transformation to Identify Improved Yeast Strains for Industrial Production of Biofuels and Bio-based Chemicals. Fungal Biol 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-10503-1_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Hughes SR, López-Núñez JC, Jones MA, Moser BR, Cox EJ, Lindquist M, Galindo-Leva LA, Riaño-Herrera NM, Rodriguez-Valencia N, Gast F, Cedeño DL, Tasaki K, Brown RC, Darzins A, Brunner L. Sustainable conversion of coffee and other crop wastes to biofuels and bioproducts using coupled biochemical and thermochemical processes in a multi-stage biorefinery concept. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 98:8413-31. [PMID: 25204861 PMCID: PMC4192581 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5991-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2014] [Revised: 07/24/2014] [Accepted: 07/25/2014] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
Abstract
The environmental impact of agricultural waste from the processing of food and feed crops is an increasing concern worldwide. Concerted efforts are underway to develop sustainable practices for the disposal of residues from the processing of such crops as coffee, sugarcane, or corn. Coffee is crucial to the economies of many countries because its cultivation, processing, trading, and marketing provide employment for millions of people. In coffee-producing countries, improved technology for treatment of the significant amounts of coffee waste is critical to prevent ecological damage. This mini-review discusses a multi-stage biorefinery concept with the potential to convert waste produced at crop processing operations, such as coffee pulping stations, to valuable biofuels and bioproducts using biochemical and thermochemical conversion technologies. The initial bioconversion stage uses a mutant Kluyveromyces marxianus yeast strain to produce bioethanol from sugars. The resulting sugar-depleted solids (mostly protein) can be used in a second stage by the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica to produce bio-based ammonia for fertilizer and are further degraded by Y. lipolytica proteases to peptides and free amino acids for animal feed. The lignocellulosic fraction can be ground and treated to release sugars for fermentation in a third stage by a recombinant cellulosic Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which can also be engineered to express valuable peptide products. The residual protein and lignin solids can be jet cooked and passed to a fourth-stage fermenter where Rhodotorula glutinis converts methane into isoprenoid intermediates. The residues can be combined and transferred into pyrocracking and hydroformylation reactions to convert ammonia, protein, isoprenes, lignins, and oils into renewable gas. Any remaining waste can be thermoconverted to biochar as a humus soil enhancer. The integration of multiple technologies for treatment of coffee waste has the potential to contribute to economic and environmental sustainability.
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- Stephen R Hughes
- Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR), Renewable Product Technology (RPT) Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL, 61604, USA,
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