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Table 3 Comparison of fatty acid composition of lipids from R. toruloides and different feedstocks

From: Enhanced lipid production by Rhodosporidium toruloides using different fed-batch feeding strategies with lignocellulosic hydrolysate as the sole carbon source

Fatty acid source

Relative amount of total fatty acids (%)

CNa

C14:0

C16:0

C18:0

C18:1n9

C18:2n6

C18:3n3

Batch

1.3 ± 0.1

25.1 ± 1.1

10.1 ± 0.3

45.9 ± 2.1

10.5 ± 0.5

3.3 ± 0.1

57.7 ± 1.9

DO-FB

1.5 ± 0.1

26.5 ± 0.9

11.0 ± 0.2

46.4 ± 1.5

9.9 ± 0.3

3.0 ± 0.2

58.9 ± 2.1

Pulse-FB

1.3 ± 0.1

25.5 ± 1.2

10.9 ± 0.5

46.1 ± 2.2

10.1 ± 0.3

3.9 ± 0.2

58.2 ± 2.5

Online-FB

1.4 ± 0.1

26.8 ± 1.0

11.2 ± 0.5

45.8 ± 1.9

9.8 ± 0.2

4.1 ± 0.1

59.1 ± 2.2

Palmb

N.D.

44.8

4.6

38.9

9.5

0.4

61.4

Sesameb

N.D.

9.6

6.7

41.1

41.2

0.7

48.5

Maizeb

N.D.

11.6

2.5

38.7

44.7

1.4

47.0

  1. N.D. not detected
  2. aCN: The cetane number was calculated as described by Gopinath et al. [52]: CN = 62.2 + 0.074X1 + 0.115X2 + 0.177X3 -0.103X4 − 0.279X5 − 0.366X6, where X1 to X6 indicates the weight percentages of methyl myristate (C14:0), palmitate (C16:0), palmitoleate (C16:1), stearate (C18:0), oleate (C18:1), linoleate (C18:2), and linolenate (C18:3) in lipids, respectively
  3. bData obtained from the literature [53]