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Table 1 Comparative study of lipid production from different strains of oleaginous yeast

From: Triauxic growth of an oleaginous red yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides on waste ‘extract’ for enhanced and concomitant lipid and β-carotene production

Oleaginous yeast strain

Carbon source

Growth medium

Biomass

(g/l)

Lipid content (% dcw)

References

Rhodospordium toruloides

Glucose/xylose/glycerol

Waste ‘extract’

18

74.5

The present work

Rhodotorula glutinis

Glucose

Monosodium glutamate (MSG) wastewater

25

20

[34]

Candida lipolytica

Methanol

NAa

NAa

4.9

[35]

Yarrowia lipolytica

Molasses and crude glycerol

YPD

50 cdw

31

[36]

Cryptococcus terricola JCM 24523

Soluble starch

YPD

4.88

61.96

[37]

Rhodosporidium toruloides AS2.1389

Wastewater

YPD

8.12 ± 0.23

43.65 ± 1.74

[30]

Rhodotorula glutinis TR29

Molasses

Malt extract broth (MEB)

16.2

64.8

[46]

Yarrowia. lipolytica B9

Deproteinized whey

DWB medium

7.4

58

[47]

Metschnikowia pulcherrima

Glycerol

OMP medium

7.4

40

[48]

Cryptococcus curvatus ATCC 20509

Corn stover

YPD liquid medium

27.7

43.6

[49]

  1. a Comparative results were analyzed according to dry cell (W/V)