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Table 1 Assessment of various microalgae grown on different lignocellulosic biomass

From: Heterotrophic cultivation of Auxenochlorella protothecoides using forest biomass as a feedstock for sustainable biodiesel production

Oleaginous microalgae

Cultivation medium (pretreatment/hydrolysis)

Cell dry weight (g/L)

Lipid content (%, w/w)

References

C. pyrenoidosa

Glucose (10 g/L)

0.92

50.3

[19]

Rice straw hydrolysate (acid pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis)

2.83

56.3

C. pyrenoidosa

Glucose

2.34

21.5

[20]

Artificial mix sugars

4.23

31

Sugarcane bagasse hydrolysate (enzymatic hydrolysis)

5.8

34

C. protothecoides

Glucose (10 g/L)

3.74

54.7

[21]

Corn powder hydrolysate (enzymatic hydrolysis)

3.92

55.3

C. protothecoides

Glucose (40 g/L)

10.7

30.7

[22]

Cassava starch hydrolysate (two-step enzymatic hydrolysis)

15.8

26.5

C. vulgaris

Hydrolysate from Cyperus esculentus waste (two-step enzymatic hydrolysis)

4.43

34.44

[23]

Glucose (30 g/L)

1.85

22.89

C. protothecoides

Glucose

3.39

47.7

[24]

Cassava starch hydrolysate (hot water treatment followed by enzymatic hydrolysis)

4.26

50.2

Corn powder hydrolysate (enzymatic hydrolysis)

4.67

39.9

C. protothecoides

Glucose (10 g/L)

3.7

53.3

[25]

Fructose (10 g/L)

3.9

52.7

Sucrose (10 g/L)

1.2

37.7

Sweet Sorghum hydrolysate (acid hydrolysis in autoclave followed by enzymatic hydrolysis)

5.10

52.5

C. protothecoides

Waste molasses hydrolysate N limited medium (enzymatic hydrolysis)

70.9

57.6

[26]

Waste molasses hydrolysate direct medium (enzymatic hydrolysis)

97.1

57.1

C. protothecoides

Sugarcane juice hydrolysate (enzymatic hydrolysis)

1.23

43.1

[27]

Glucose (20 g/L)

1.43

46.7

C. protothecoides

Jerusalem artichoke (enzymatic hydrolysis)

NA

45.2

[28]

A. protothecoides

Glucose (20 g/L) C/N;60

8.40

64.52

This study

OPBH (C/N; 60) (organosolv-steam explosion followed by enzymatic hydrolysis)

8.56

66.00

OPSH (C/N; 60) (organosolv-steam explosion followed by enzymatic hydrolysis)

8.37

63.08

  1. Comparative analysis of the oleaginous microalga A. protothecoides grown on glucose and also on hydrolysates of various lignocellulosic biomass sources under heterotrophic mode of cultivation