Non-sterile cultivation of oleaginous organisms

Atith V Chitnis; Lavanya L Nair; Dev Gupta; Abhishek S Dhoble

doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2024.04.006

Non-sterile cultivation of oleaginous organisms

Trends Biotechnol. 2024 May 3:S0167-7799(24)00098-2. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2024.04.006. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Atith V Chitnis¹, Lavanya L Nair¹, Dev Gupta¹, Abhishek S Dhoble²

Affiliations

¹ School of Biochemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India.
² School of Biochemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India. Electronic address: asdhoble.bce@iitbhu.ac.in.

PMID: 38704245
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2024.04.006

Abstract

Cultivating oleaginous organisms in non-sterile conditions can reduce the energy and cost of microbial oil production. Recent studies use strategies that enable non-sterile cultivation without affecting bioprocess productivity. This forum article discusses the trends, strategies, and prospects of non-sterile cultivation, as successful non-sterile cultivation could make microbial oil production economically viable.

Keywords: microbial oils; non-sterile; oleaginous.