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Engineering the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica to produce limonene from waste cooking oil.

Yaru PangYakun ZhaoShenglong LiYu ZhaoJian LiZhihui HuCuiying ZhangDongguang XiaoAiqun Yu
Published in: Biotechnology for biofuels (2019)
This study represents the first report on the development of a new and efficient process to convert waste cooking oil into d-limonene and l-limonene by exploiting metabolically engineered Y. lipolytica strains for fermentation. The results obtained in this study lay the foundation for more future applications of Y. lipolytica in converting waste cooking oil into various industrially valuable products.
Keyphrases
  • heavy metals
  • fatty acid
  • municipal solid waste
  • sewage sludge
  • risk assessment
  • life cycle