Starmerella bombicola: recent advances on sophorolipid production and prospects of waste stream utilization

Huaimin Wang; Sophie L.K.W. Roelants; Ming H. To; Raffel D. Patria; Guneet Kaur; Ngai S. Lau; Chun Y. Lau; Inge N.A. Van Bogaert; Wim Soetaert; Carol S.K. Lin

doi:10.1002/jctb.5847

Starmerella bombicola: recent advances on sophorolipid production and prospects of waste stream utilization

Huaimin Wang, Sophie L.K.W. Roelants, Ming H. To, Raffel D. Patria, Guneet Kaur, Ngai S. Lau, Chun Y. Lau, Inge N.A. Van Bogaert, Wim Soetaert, Carol S.K. Lin^*

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Sophorolipids are among the most extensively studied microbial biosurfactants. Starmerella bombicola is the most productive strain known for sophorolipid production, with volumetric productivity of up to 3.7 g L ⁻¹ h ⁻¹ . This review focuses on the two most important aspects that have an influence on sophorolipid commercialization. Firstly, the metabolic engineering achievements of S. bombicola in the last decade are summarized. Secondly, three improvements of the bioprocess are described, including alternative feedstock, fermentation strategy and specially designed bioreactor. Discussion is made on the waste sources that have been used as feedstock for sophorolipid production, and the review also emphasizes the potential of food waste as nutrient source. Fermentation strategies that correlate with the specially designed bioreactors for commercialization are also discussed in detail.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	999-1007
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology
Volume	94
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.5847
Publication status	Published - Apr 2019

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General Chemical Engineering
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Fuel Technology
Waste Management and Disposal
Pollution
Organic Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry

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food waste
genetic modification
sophorolipids
special designed bioreactor
Starmerella bombicola

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