Simultaneous utilization of glucose and xylose for lipid production by Trichosporon cutaneum

Table 1 Results of lipid production by Trichosporon cutaneum cultivated on glucose and xylose mixtures

Experiment number	Glucose:xylose, g/L	Culture time, hours	Cell mass, g/L	Lipid content, %	Lipid concentration, g/L	Lipid productivity, g/L/h	Lipid coefficient, g/g	Sugar-consumption rate, g/L/h		Relative proportions of fatty acids in lipid, %, w/w
								Glucose	Xylose	C16:0	C16:1	C18:0	C18:1	C18:2
1	70:0	120	22.9	52.4	12.0	0.10	0.20	0.50	-	48.6	0.6	19.2	31.7	ND^a
2	47:23	120	23.8	49.7	11.8	0.098	0.17	0.36	0.22	44.4	0.6	16.6	38.4	ND
3	35:35	120	23.0	50.3	11.6	0.097	0.17	0.28	0.29	44.4	0.6	17.6	36.9	0.5
4	23:47	120	23.2	48.4	11.2	0.094	0.16	0.20	0.38	43.4	0.6	16.5	39.0	0.5
5	0:70	120	21.2	46.5	9.9	0.082	0.16	-	0.50	44.1	0.7	16.7	38.1	0.5
6^b	47:23	80	22.0	59.1	13.0	0.16	0.17	0.57	0.35	27.8	0.8	20.2	48.2	3.0
7^c	36:25	96.5	19.3	39.2	7.6	0.078	0.15	0.36	0.17	34.0	2.4	6.7	53.5	3.4

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