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Table 1 Results of lipid production on acetate by oleaginous yeasts

From: Efficient conversion of acetate into lipids by the oleaginous yeast Cryptococcus curvatus

Strain

ΔpHa

Cell mass (g/L)

Lipid (g/L)

Lipid content (%)

L. starkeyi AS 2.1560

2.07 ± 0.02

3.2 ± 0.2

0.6 ± 0.1

17.1 ± 1.4

Y. lipolytica AS 2.1398

2.10 ± 0.01

4.1 ± 0.5

0.5 ± 0.0

12.2 ± 0.4

T. cutaneum AS 2.571

2.40 ± 0.02

7.5 ± 0.1

4.4 ± 0.0

58.5 ± 0.5

T. fermentans CICC 1368

2.35 ± 0.02

6.8 ± 0.5

3.8 ± 0.3

55.4 ± 0.8

R. glutinis AS 2.107

2.26 ± 0.02

2.5 ± 0.1

0.7 ± 0.1

27.0 ± 2.1

R. mucilaginosa AS 2.1515

2.03 ± 0.04

2.6 ± 0.2

0.6 ± 0.1

21.8 ± 0.6

R. minuta AS 2.277

2.02 ± 0.01

1.8 ± 0.1

0.5 ± 0.0

30.2 ± 0.3

C. curvatus ATCC 20509

2.38 ± 0.01

5.7 ± 0.1

4.2 ± 0.1

73.4 ± 0.6

R. toruloides ATCC 10788

2.26 ± 0.03

1.2 ± 0.0

0.4 ± 0.0

33.0 ± 3.0

R. toruloides Y4

2.38 ± 0.02

2.6 ± 0.3

1.5 ± 0.2

54.9 ± 1.3

  1. aDelta pH (ΔpH) was obtained by subtracting the initial pH value from the final pH value