2010 Annual Meeting

(172d) Experimental Studies and Reaction Kinetics of Lipid Synthesis From Lipomyces Starkeyi

Authors

Satish Patil - Presenter, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Ramalingam Subramaniam - Presenter, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Cunwen Wang - Presenter, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Mark Zappi - Presenter, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Stephen Dufreche - Presenter, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Rakesh Bajpai - Presenter, University of Louisiana at Lafayette


A kinetic model to describe the lipid synthesis from oleaginous yeast was developed. Different experimental conditions, the lipid production, conversion and product composition were investigated. The effect of temperature on the kinetics was also examined.