Preservation of manipulated yeast diet


J.K. Kim, H.-Y. Chung

Aquaculture International, 9(2): 171-181

Abstract:

Manipulated yeast diet can be used for seed production of aquacultural organisms. Various methods for preserving the yeast diet during the periods of circulation in market were tested, and the preservation of the yeast diet by freeze-drying was the best. With this preservation method, the manipulated yeasts were maintained fairly well (up to 71%) when stored for three weeks under refrigerated condition (4 °C), while more than 80% of the yeast protoplasts disappeared in 5 days in control. Preservation temperature had an effect on retaining the yeast diet, but adding 3.5% NaCl concentration in the culture medium at the time of yeast cultivation did not.

(Major of Biotechnology, Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Pukyong National University, 599-1 Daeyeon-Dong Nam-Gu, Pusan, 608-737, Korea; Tel: 82-51-620-6186; Fax: 82-51-620-6180; E-mail: junekim@pknu.ac.kr)


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