Abstract
The starch saccharification liquid of Dioscorea zingiberensis tubers (SSLD) is a glucose-rich agro-industrial waste. Herein, SSLD was used as a novel potential carbon source for the biosynthesis of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in Schizochytrium sp. to achieve waste recycling and high-value utilization. Component analysis showed that SSLD contains abundant nutrients, such as glucose, amino acids, phenolics and flavonoids. When the total sugar concentration in SSLD was optimized to 90 g/L, the biomass and DHA yield reached 44.85 and 6.60 g/L, respectively, which were 32.1% and 36.92% higher than that at pure glucose culture condition. Fermentation characteristics and gene expression analysis showed that SSLD could remarkably improve cell antioxidant capacity, which is beneficial to scavenge intracellular reactive oxygen species and increase the gene expression of antioxidant enzymes in Schizochytrium sp. Hence, SSLD is an effective and economic carbon source for DHA production in Schizochytrium sp.
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