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Table 1 Endpoint lipid content, concentration, yield and specific lipid production in Rhodotorula toruloides CBS 14 and Rhodotorula glutinis CBS 3044 at the end of fermentation on different media

From: Microbial lipid production from crude glycerol and hemicellulosic hydrolysate with oleaginous yeasts

Strain

Media carbon source

Cell lipid content (%)

Max. lipid concentration (g/L)

Lipid

Final biomass (g/L)

yield

(g lipid/ g carbon source)

R. toruloides CBS 14

10% HH

46.8 ± 1.0

12.5 ± 0.5

0.25 ± 0.02

20.1 ± 0.7

55 g/L CG

55 g/L CG

46.2 ± 5.6

8.8 ± 0.1

0.20 ± 0.01

19.1 ± 0.3

10% HH

45.8 ± 3.5

6.5 ± 0.5

0.18 ± 0.02

13.5 ± 0.01

50 g/L CG

50 g/L CG

46.3 ± 1.7

6.3 ± 0.2

0.19 ± 0.01

13.5 ± 0.01

40% HH

54.6 ± 1.5*

10.6 ± 0.3*

0.23 ± 0.01*

19.4 ± 0.0*

60 g/l CG

60 g/L CG

40.5 ± 2.7*

5.7 ± 0.4*

0.17 ± 0.00*

28.0 ± 0.5*

R. glutinis CBS 3044

10% HH

36.4 ± 0.6

7.6 ± 0.5

0.15 ± 0.01

20.3 ± 0.3

55 g/L CG

55 g/L CG

37.3 ± 1.9

7.1 ± 0.1

0.16 ± 0.01

21.1 ± 0.01

  1. Averages of triplicate cultivations with standard deviation, *average of duplicate cultivations with average deviation. lipid yield = \((\text{Total lipid concentration})/(\text{Total carbon consumed})\)