Bioconversion of waste glycerol for enhanced lipid accumulation in Trichosporon shinodae

Oleaginous yeast lipids have myriad of industrial applications that are gaining significant interest owing to shorter incubation, ability to use broad spectrum substrates, and quality lipids. However, the lipid content produced is low and need to enhance by optimization of varied parameters. In the present study, crude glycerol a by-product of biodiesel industry was supplemented to Trichosporon shinodae for lipid accumulation using central composite design (CCD) of response surface methodology (RSM). The developed quadratic model was found to be significant with the R2 value of 95.20