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Table 2 The effect of controlling the dissolved oxygen tension (pO2) on biomass, lipid and citric acid production by Y. lipolytica grown in nitrogen limited medium with glucose, glycerol or blend of both

From: Substrates and oxygen dependent citric acid production by Yarrowia lipolytica: insights through transcriptome and fluxome analyses

Substrate

µ (h−1)

Biomass

Lipid

Citric

Citric acid yield in g/g substrate

Log-phase

(g/L)

(g/L)

(g/L)

(Maximum) in stationary phase

overall

pO2 uncontrolled

 Glucose

0.13

12.8

3

16.1 

0.44

0.23

 Glycerol

0.15

9.03

3.6

 23.4

0.39

0.39

 Blend

0.16

12.3

4.25

Varied

0.35

0.29

 Blend with BH

0.11

14.2

2.4

Varied

0.41

0.27

pO2 controlled

 Glucose

0.2

12.2

2.4

55.0

0.83

0.58

 Glycerol

0.21

11.03

2.1

17.8

0.3

0.27

 Blend

0.22

11.9

2.4

50.1

0.76

0.6

 Blend with BH

0.18

16.7

2.5

53.5

0.8

0.6