Monitoring Rhodosporidium toruloides NCYC 921 batch fermentations growing under carbon and nitrogen limitation by flow cytometry
2012
Andrade, Raoni | Leal, Rodrigo | Roseiro, José | Reis, Alberto | Lopes da Silva, Teresa
The yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides NCYC 921 was grown on carbon or nitrogen limited batch cultures. The fermentations were monitored using traditional techniques and multi-parameter flow cytometry. The lipid content was assessed by flow cytometry in association with the fluorocrome Nile Red which emits yellow gold fluorescence when dissolved in neutral lipids and red fluorescence when dissolved in polar lipids. In this way, it was possible to at-line monitor the yeast lipid composition in terms of polarity classes throughout the batch growths. It was found that the neutral lipids decreased during the carbon-limited stationary phase, and increased during the nitrogen-limited batch growth. The maximum lipid content was obtained for the nitrogen-limited yeast culture (24% w/w lipids). The yeast cells with permeabilised membranes profile remained almost unchanged during the time course of both fermentations. The scatter light measurements (forward and side scatter signals) provided information on the yeast growth phase. The multi-parameter flow cytometric approach here reported represents a better control system based on measurements made at the single cell level for optimization of the yeast lipid production bioprocess performance.
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