Razaghi, Ali, Kartik, Obulisamy, Owens, Leigh, and Heimann, Kirsten (2014) Methane oxidation by the oleaginous yeast, Rhodotorula glutinis – fact or fiction? In: [Presented at the North Queensland Festival of Life Sciences 2014]. From: North Queensland Festival of Life Sciences 2014, 5 November 2014, Townsville, QLD, Australia.

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Abstract

Methane is one of the main sources of air-pollution and more than 63% of atmospheric methane (346 Tg Y-1) is derived from anthropogenic activities with landfills and agriculture being the main pollution sources. Rhodotorula glutinis is a unicellular, oleaginous, saprophytic yeast with a high lipid (>60%) and high carotenoid contents. The ability of R. glutinis to utilise methane as a sole carbon source was reported by Wolf et al. (1979, 1980), therefore could be a favorable option for sustainable management of green house gas emission from animal production; However, our results show that R. glutinis is not a methane-oxidising yeast and refutes earlier reports therefore it is not a suitable option for methane remediation.

Item ID:	43434
Item Type:	Conference Item (Poster)
Keywords:	Rhodotorula glutinis, methane remediation, methane oxidation, yeast
Funders:	Advanced Manufacturing CRC
Date Deposited:	30 Jan 2017 03:55
FoR Codes:	07 AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCES > 0701 Agriculture, Land and Farm Management > 070108 Sustainable Agricultural Development @ 50% 07 AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCES > 0701 Agriculture, Land and Farm Management > 070199 Agriculture, Land and Farm Management not elsewhere classified @ 25% 06 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 0605 Microbiology > 060504 Microbial Ecology @ 25%
SEO Codes:	96 ENVIRONMENT > 9603 Climate and Climate Change > 960302 Climate Change Mitigation Strategies @ 25% 83 ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND ANIMAL PRIMARY PRODUCTS > 8398 Environmentally Sustainable Animal Production > 839802 Management of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Animal Production @ 50% 83 ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND ANIMAL PRIMARY PRODUCTS > 8398 Environmentally Sustainable Animal Production > 839899 Environmentally Sustainable Animal Production not elsewhere classified @ 25%
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