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Table 3 Total oil content remaining in 30% (v/v) fat Schwanniomyces occidentalis pellet after using tailor-made enzymes in a variety of conditions in temperature, pH, and time

From: Production of tailor-made enzymes to facilitate lipid extraction from the oleaginous yeast Schwanniomyces occidentalis

Sample

pH

Temperature (°C)

Time (h)

Average oil content in pellet (mg)

1

3.0

10

1

67.59 ± 4.02

2

3.0

10

4

67.44 ± 2.11

3

3.0

10

24

19.69 ± 3.26

4

3.0

40

1

64.61 ± 2.33

5

3.0

40

4

65.82 ± 1.66

6

3.0

40

24

0.90 ± 0.07

7

3.0

70

1

58.22 ± 2.46

8

3.0

70

4

62.12 ± 1.97

9

3.0

70

24

63.27 ± 0.46

10

5.0

10

1

69.58 ± 0.67

11

5.0

10

4

71.50 ± 0.42

12

5.0

10

24

1.07 ± 0.27

13

5.0

40

1

55.02 ± 2.04

14

5.0

40

4

0.00 ± 0.00

15

5.0

40

24

0.04 ± 0.05

16

5.0

70

1

58.82 ± 1.13

17

5.0

70

4

56.89 ± 0.52

18

5.0

70

24

0.40 ± 0.18

19

7.0

10

1

67.05 ± 1.70

20

7.0

10

4

66.17 ± 2.34

21

7.0

10

24

70.48 ± 2.81

22

7.0

40

1

66.57 ± 2.32

23

7.0

40

4

70.64 ± 3.00

24

7.0

40

24

66.49 ± 2.50

25

7.0

70

1

68.59 ± 3.47

26

7.0

70

4

74.30 ± 3.77

27

7.0

70

24

67.90 ± 0.79

Controls—demi water, no enzymes

 28

3.0

70

24

74.91 ± 0.15

 29

5.0

70

24

75.07 ± 0.24

 30

7.0

70

24

61.24 ± 0.05

  1. The oil content is an average of three technical measurement of a biological duplicate experiment, hence an average of six measurements