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Table 2 Sugar utilization and lipid production rates for R. toruloides cells across all growth conditions

From: Tolerance of engineered Rhodosporidium toruloides to sorghum hydrolysates during batch and fed-batch lipid production

Citrate buffer (mM)

Growth mode

Glucose utilization rate (g/L/h)

Xylose utilization rate (g/L/h)

Lipid production rate (g/L/h)

Lipid yield (g/g sugar)

50 (R1)

Batch

0.42

0.11

0.06

0.11

50 (R2)

Batch

0.38

0.13

0.06

0.10

0.5 (R1)

Batch

0.40

0.11

0.05

0.10

0.5 (R2)

Batch

0.41

0.11

0.06

0.10

0.5 (R1)

Fed-Batch

0.34

0.19

0.08

0.20

0.5 (R2)

Fed-Batch

0.38

0.22

0.07

0.16

  1. Sugar utilization and lipid production rates were averaged for each experiment across all timepoints not including the feeding period