Converting sugarcane waste into mannosylerythritol lipds
Grant holder: Dr R Pott
Institution: Stellenbosch University
Grant: CSIR/BEI/WRIU/2021/050
Duration: 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023
Status: Current
| » | Publication: Ncube, MZ., Teke, GM., van Rensburg, E. and Pott, RWM. (2025). Recovery of Mannosylerythritol Lipids Using Alcohol/Salt Aqueous Two-Phase Extraction. J. Chem. Eng. Data, 70: 3816−3824. |
| » | Publication: Valkenburg, AD., van der Merwe, B., Teke, GM., van Rensburg, E. and Pott, RWM. (2025). Bioprospecting for a Wild Strain of Sporisorium scitamineum for the Valorization of Sugarcane Molasses into Mannosylerythritol Lipids and Cellobiose Lipids. Fermentation, 11, 384. |
| » | Publication: Valkenburg, AD., Teke, GM., van Rensburg, E. and Pott, RWM. (2025). Bioprocess development for microbial production and purification of cellobiose lipids by the smut fungus Ustilago maydis DSM 4500. Bioprocess Biosyst. Eng., 48: 509–520. |
| » | Publication: Valkenburg, AD., Teke, GM., van Rensburg, E. and Pott, RWM. (2025). Harnessing industrial waste for the co-production of mannosylerythritol and cellobiose lipids by Ustilago maydis. Biomass and Bioenergy, 197, 107812. |
| » | Dissertation: Valkenburg, A. (2024). Developing a bioprocess for the production of mannosylerythritol lipids and cellobiose lipids. Doctoral Thesis. Stellenbosch University. |
| » | Publication: Valkenburg, AD., Teke, GM., Pott, RWM. and van Rensburg, E. (2024). The fed-batch production of mannosylerythritol lipids by Ustilago maydis DSM 4500 from hydrophilic carbon sources. Bioprocess Biosyst. Eng., 47: 2043-2054. |
| » | Publication: Valkenburg, AD., Ncube, MZ., Teke, GM et al. (2024). Cellobiose lipids: applications, production, and downstream processing. Trends Biotechnol. |
| » | Publication: Valkenburg, AD., Ncube, MZ., Teke, GM., van Rensburg, E. and Pott, RWM. (2024). A review on the upstream production and downstream purification of mannosylerythritol lipids. Biotechnol Bioeng., 121(3): 853-876. |


