Use of Non-Conventional Yeast Yarrowia lipolytica in Treatment or Upgradation of Hydrophobic Industry Wastes
Katarzyna Wierzchowska, Bartłomiej Zieniuk, Agata Fabiszewska
Abstract
Abstract The review aims to summarize the current knowledge on the possibility of using non-conventional yeast species Yarrowia lipolytica in the treatment and upgradation of industry wastes. Importantly Y. lipolytica yeast is argued as generally recognized as safe species, what indicates the high application potential of the reviewed technologies. Special emphasis in the paper was given on microbial processing of the food industry wastes, including fish and animals’ wastes utilization. Yarrowia -based processing of waste cooking oil or oil-bearing plants wastewaters, such as palm oil mill effluents or olive mill wastewater was reviewed. Recent advances in biosynthesis of valuable metabolites (e.g. lipases or microbial oil) with simultaneous wastes utilization by Y. lipolytica are additionally discussed. The broad implications of the present paper are a part of sustainable development policy. Graphic Abstract