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Table 2 Results of lipid production by wild-type R. toruloides and the engineered strain R. toruloides-Me1

From: Systems analysis of phosphate-limitation-induced lipid accumulation by the oleaginous yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides

Sample ID

DCW (g/l)

Lipid content (wt%)

Lipid (g/l)

Relative fatty acid content (%)

C14:0

C16:0

C16:1

C18:0

C18:1

C18:2

R. toruloides

9.8 ± 0.2

32 ± 1

3.2 ± 0.1

1.9 ± 0.1

23.8 ± 0.6

0.5 ± 0.0

10.6 ± 0.3

58.6 ± 0.3

4.6 ± 0.4

R. toruloides-Me1

10.3 ± 0.6

59 ± 5

6.1 ± 0.2

1.7 ± 0.3

21.9 ± 2.0

0.2 ± 0.2

15.6 ± 0.4

56.8 ± 0.7

3.7 ± 0.6

  1. Cells were cultivated with 50 g/l glucose at an initial C/P molar ratio of 2159