“…Numerous carbon sources, such as Tween 80, triolein, yeast extract, olive oil, soybean oil, silk oil, sesame oil, coconut oil, and corn oil, have been used as substrates to produce lipases in cultures of bacteria (LI et al, 2005;BURKERT et al, 2004). However, few investigations have been carried out using glycerol as substrate (LIN et al, 2006;VOLPATO et al, 2008;RECH et al, 2012). Glycerol can be utilized as a carbon source in microbial bioconversions for the production of a range of chemicals that might be utilized either as end-products or as precursors for the production of other chemicals, since this biofuel will be produced on a large scale in the coming years, large amounts of glycerol will be discarded and can be used in bioprocesses.…”