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Sophorose lipids produced from sucrose

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Torulopsis bombicola produced sophorose lipids when growing on sucrose in similar yields as if growing on glucose. Besides yield the composition of sophorose lipids characterized by TLC/FID was greatly influenced by yeast extract concentration in the shake flasks in contrary to highly aerated fermenter.

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  1. Institute of Microbiology, Czech. Acad. Sci., 142 20, Prague 4, Czechoslovakia

    V. Klekner

  2. Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, N6A 5B9, London, Ontario, Canada

    N. Kosaric & Q. H. Zhou

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Klekner, V., Kosaric, N. & Zhou, Q.H. Sophorose lipids produced from sucrose. Biotechnol Lett 13, 345–348 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01027680

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