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Table 2 Comparative evaluations of different industrial wastewaters for the lipid production by oleaginous yeasts

From: Simultaneous lipid production for biodiesel feedstock and decontamination of sago processing wastewater using Candida tropicalis ASY2

Wastewater type

Oleaginous yeast

Biomass yield (g L-1), lipid yield

(g L-1), lipid content (%)

Lipid productivity (g L−1 day−1), incubation period (days)

Nutrient removal efficiency

References

Monosodium glutamate wastewater

Rhodotorula glutinis

2.44, 0.2, 9.04

0.04, 5

85.51% COD

[28]

Monosodium glutamate wastewater + 15 g L−1 glucose

Rhodotorula glutinis

25, 5, 20

1.67, 3

45% COD

[22]

Fishmeal wastewater

Lipomyces starkeyi HL

5.34, 1.11, 20.80

0.185, 6

81.5% COD

[26]

Fishmeal wastewater + 20 g L−1 glucose

Lipomyces starkeyi HL

17.6, 2.7, 15.3

0.45, 6

43.4% COD

Palm oil mill effluent

R. glutinis TISTR 5159

4.15, 0.87, 20.97

0.29, 3

40.50% COD

[23]

Palm oil mill effluent (two fold diluted)

Yarrow lipolytica

2.78, 1.69, 61

0.56, 3 + 3 (two phase)

–

[29]

Wastewater after butanol fermentation

Trichosporon dermatis

7.4, 0.99, 13.5

0.2, 5

68% COD

[30]

Pulp and paper industry effluent + 70 g L−1glucose

R. kratochvilovae HIMPA1

13.87, 8.56, 61.71

1.43, 6

77.36% BOD

[31]

Cattle livestock wastewater

Candida pseudolambica

2.19, 0.77, 35.3

–

–

[27]

 

Issatchenkia occidentalis

6.54, 1.89, 28.9

–

–

Sago processing wastewater (SWW)

Candida tropicalis ASY2

2.49, 1.21, 48.59

0.24, 5

83.52% COD; 92.11% BOD; 78.94% cyanide degradation

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