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Cultivation and lipid production using the yeast Cryptococcus curvatus has proven to be efficient in a fed-batch fermentation using a stirred tank reactor. Scale up of this reactor however results in changing mixing and mass-transfer characteristics. In this paper we report cultivation of the yeast in a new type of reactor (Surer®), which can easily be scaled up. A high cell density (91 gl−1) and a lipid production rate of 0.42 g lipid l−1h−1 were obtained.
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Meesters, P.A.E.P., van der Wal, H., Weusthuis, R. et al. Cultivation of the oleaginous yeast Cryptococcus curvatus in a new reactor with improved mixing and mass transfer characteristics (Surer®). Biotechnol Tech 10, 277–282 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00184029
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