Table 1 Examples of oleaginous microorganisms and their lipid accumulating capability on various feedstocks

 Chlorella sorokiniana

Beech wood Fagus sylvatica dilute-acid hydrolysate

4

[2]

 Chlorella protothecoides

Glucose

49

[3]

 Tetraselmis elliptica

Photoautotrophic (Flory medium)

14

[4]

 Chlorella vulgaris NIES-227

Heterotrophic cultivation on glucose under nitrogen limitation

89

[5]

 Auxenochlorella protothecoides

Organosolv pretreated wood biomass hydrolysates (birch and spruce)

66 and 63

[6]

 Botryococcus braunii

Photoautotrophic (modified Chu 13 medium)

28

[7]

 Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, CC1010

Photoheterotrophic (TAPN⁻ + 0.1% glucose)

59

[8]

 Rhodosporidium toruloides

Brewers’ spent grain

56

[9]

 Lipomyces starkeyi

Xylose and glucose

48

[10]

 Rhodotorula glutinis

Monosodium glutamate with glucose

20

[11]

 Cryptococcus curvatus

Waste cooking oil

70

[12]

Glucose

53

 Lipomyces starkeyi CBS 1807

Sweet sorghum stalks juice

30

[13]

 Fusarium oxysporum

Sweet sorghum stalks (12% w/w solid load)

22

[14]

Glucose

42

Fructose

26

Sucrose

49

Glucose, fructose and sucrose mixture

53

 Fusarium equiseti UMN-1

Glucose

56

[15]

 Sarocladium kiliense ADH17

Glucose and glycerol

33

[16]

 Mortierella alpina LP M 301

Glucose with potassium nitrate

31

[17]

 Microsphaeropsis sp.

Corncob waste liquor

22

[18]

 Rhodococcus opacus DSM 1069

Ethanol organosolv lignin

4

[19]

 R. opacus PD630

Dairy wastewater

14

[20]

Dextrose

70

 R. opacus DSM 43205

Biomass gasification wastewater

66

[21]

 Gordonia sp. DG

Olive oil

13

[22]

Sesame oil

50

Cotton oil

50

Peanut oil

40

Maize oil

40

Sunflower oil

52

 R. opacus PD630

Kraft hardwood pulp

46

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