Table 1 Macromolecular composition of S. stipitis Biomass

Amino Acids

DNA

Aspartic Acid

0.1566

dAMP

0.0112

Threonine

0.1809

dTMP

0.0112

Serine

0.2330

dGMP

0.0084

Glutamic Acid

0.3190

dCMP

0.0084

Glycine

0.4724

RNA

Alanine

0.4735

AMP

0.0444

Cystine

0.0511

UMP

0.0522

Valine

0.2201

GMP

0.0361

Methionine

0.0559

CMP

0.0388

Iso-Leucine

0.1454

Lipids

Leucine

0.2451

Sterol (ergosterol)

0.0560

Tyrosine

0.0741

Phospholipids

Phenylalanine

0.1127

PhosphatidylInositol

0.0015

Histidine

0.1005

Phosphatidylethanolamine

0.0041

Lysine

0.2624

Phosphatidylcholine

0.0255

Arginine

0.1821

Carbohydrates

Tryptophan

0.0248

Glycogen

0.2714

Proline

0.1592

Trehalose

0.0760

Asparagine

0.1511

Glucan

0.6107

Glutamine

0.1817

Mannan

0.7156

Chitin

0.4528