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Table 3 Biomass concentrations (g/L), lipid concentration (g/L), and lipid content (%) after 96 h of growth; strains were grown in shake flasks containing 100 ml of lipid production medium at 28 °C

From: Oleaginous yeasts isolated from traditional fermented foods and beverages of Manipur and Mizoram, India, as a potent source of microbial lipids for biodiesel production

Isolate

Total dry weight (g/L)

Lipid concentration (g/L)

Lipid content (% w/w)

S. diversa FO05

2.09 ± 0.05a

0.39 ± 0.006de

18.6 ± 0.65h

R. mucilaginosa R3

2.40 ± 0.003b

0.34 ± 0.003c

14.36 ± 0.10ef

P. kudriavzevii FK03

2.50 ± 0.004c

0.27 ± 0.003b

11.02 ± 0.12c

Z. hellenicus FC10

2.57 ± 0.043c

0.41 ± 0.005ef

16.32 ± 0.10g

R. mucilaginosa R2

2.70 ± 0.006d

0.58 ± 0.003h

21.63 ± 0.16i

R. mucilaginosa R1

2.78 ± 0.042de

0.37 ± 0.037cd

13.53 ± 1.35de

S. cerevisiae NC3

2.85 ± 0.028e

0.37 ± 0.004cd

12.98 ± 0.07d

S. cerevisiae YMA1

2.86 ± 0.026e

0.27 ± 0.003b

9.48 ± 0.04b

R.mucilaginosa R4

2.87 ± 0.042e

0.44 ± 0.004f

15.60 ± 0.07fg

R. mucilaginosa R5

3.09 ± 0.044f

0.20 ± 0.020a

6.63 ± 0.69a

R. mucilaginosa FK01

3.11 ± 0.049f

0.17 ± 0.004a

5.737 ± 0.06a

C. parapsilosis FK04

3.11 ± 0.005f

0.35 ± 0.003cd

11.34 ± 0.09c

P. kudriavzevii FK02

4.71 ± 0.038g

0.27 ± 0.003b

5.84 ± 0.05a

W. anomalus FK09

5.66 ± 0.033h

0.51 ± 0.007g

9.13 ± 0.07b

  1. Strains are arranged in increasing order of biomass concentrations. The data are given as averages of three replicates with standard error. Values followed by the different letters are significantly different at p < 0.05