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Table 1.

Lipid accumulation and fatty acid profiles of selected oleaginous yeasts. Data adapted from Ratlege and Tan, 1990.

Species Lipid content (% CDW) Major fatty acid residues (% w/w)
C16:0 C16:1 C18:0 C18:1 C18:2 C18:3
Cryptococcus curvatus 58 25 Trace 10 57 7 0
Cryptococcus albidus 65 12 1 3 73 12 0
Candida sp 107 42 44 5 8 31 9 1
Lipomyces starkeyi 63 34 6 5 51 3 0
Rhodotorula glutinis 72 37 1 3 47 8 0
Rhodotorula graminis 36 30 2 12 36 15 4
Rhizopus arrhizus 57 18 0 6 22 10 12
Trichosporon pullulans 65 15 0 2 57 24 1
Yarrowia lipolytica 36 11 6 1 28 51 1

C.D.W.; cell dry weight

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