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Table 1 Limonene titers in different hosts

From: Engineering Rhodosporidium toruloides for limonene production

Host

Limonene synthase

Stereo isomer

Pathway

Direct precursor of LS

Carbon source

Cultivation mode

Titer (mg/L)

Productivity (mg/L/h)a

Yield (mg/g)

Reference

Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3)

Mentha spicata

S

MEP&MVA

GPP

Glycerol

Bioreactor

Fed-batch

3630

151

 < 10b

Rolf et al. [9]

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

EGY48

Citrus limon

R

MVA

GPP

Glucose

Bioreactor Fed batch

2580

3.36b

NA

Dusséaux et al. [11]

Yarrowia lipolytica Po1f

Agastache rugosa

R

MVA

NPP

Glycerol &Citrate

Bioreactor; Fed-batch

165.3

1.15a

41.3b

Cheng et al. [8]

Synechococcus elongatus

UTEX 2973 (mutated)

Mentha spicata

S

MEP

GPP

CO2;

250 μmol photons/m2/s

16.4

0.34

NA

Lin et al. [14]

Rhodosporidium toruloides IFO0880

Abies grandis

S

MVA

GPP

Glucose

Shake flask batch

Trace

NA

NA

Zhuang et al. [20]

Rhodosporidium toruloides np11

Citrus limon

R

MVA

NPP

Glucose

5-mL test-tube; batch

393.5

0.66

19.675

This work

  1. NA not available
  2. aCalculated by the data presented in the references
  3. bCalculated by the data estimated from the figure or graph