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Table 5 Main fatty acid composition of the lipids produced by Y. lipolytica under different culture conditions

From: Enhanced lipid production by Yarrowia lipolytica cultured with synthetic and waste-derived high-content volatile fatty acids under alkaline conditions

Relative fatty acid content (%)

Carbon source and initial pH

50 g/L acetic acid at pH 8.0

3 g/L acetic acid at pH 6.0

Total C16 and C18

80.62

89.26

 Unsaturated C16-C18

60.61

71.87

 Palmitic acid (C16:0)

10.37

13.18

 Palmitoleic acid (C16:1)

14.81

8.55

 Stearic acid (C18:0)

9.64

4.21

 Oleic acid (C18:1)

37.11

40.82

 Linoleic acid (C18:2)

8.36

22.5

 Lionlenic acid (C18:3)

0.33

N.D.

Total C15 and C17

6.05

0.95

 Ginkgolic acid (C15:0)

0.76

N.D.

 Ginkgolic acid (C15:1)

3.31

N.D.

 Ginkgolic acid (C17:0)

0.21

N.D.

 Ginkgolic acid (C17:1)

1.77

N.D.

  1. Some other fatty acids (C14, C20, C22) were also detected in trace amount and were not included in this table
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