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. 2023 Dec 5;22:246. doi: 10.1186/s12934-023-02254-4

Table 1.

Recent literature on lipid production by oleaginous yeast from lignocellulosic biomass

Microorganisms Lignocellulosic raw material/Pretreatment Cultivation mode Lipid content (w/w) Lipid Yield
Yp/s
Lipid concentration Reference
C. curvatus

Rice straw

Pretreatment (Glycerol-FeCl3)

Batch 46.8% 0.17 g lipid/g 8.8 g/L [63]
C. curvatus DSM 70022

Wastepaper

Oxidising pretreatment

(hydrogen peroxide 120ºC-30 min)

Batch (Flask Erlenmeyer) 37.8% 0.234 g lipid/g 5.75 g/L [64]
C. curvatus DSM 70022 Wastepaper pretreated (diluted acid) Batch (Flask Erlenmeyer) 43.1% 0.141 g lipid/g 4.95 g/L [64]
Cryptococcus sp MTCC 5455

Brassica juncea

Microwave-Assisted Dilute Alkali Pretreatment

Batch (Flask Erlenmeyer) 11.05 g/L [65]
C. oleaginosum

Corn stover

Alkali organosolv pretreatment

(NaOH:Methanol, 80 ºC, 1 h)

Batch (Erlenmeyer Flask)

Fed-batch (2 pulses)

61.7% 0.18 g lipid/g 31.3 g/L [66]
L. starkeyi

Sugarcane bagasse (hydrolysate)

1.5% sulfuric acid (w/v) at a solid-to-liquid ratio of 1:10 in an autoclave at 120 °C for 20 min

Batch (Erlenmeyer Flask)

Bioreactor (3 L)

Continuous

26.1%

27.3%

0.14 g lipid/g

0.18 g lipid/g

2.1- g/L

3.14 g/L

[67]
L. starkey DMS 90276

Sugarcane bagasse (hemicellulose hydrolysate)

Pretreatment dilute acid

(1.5% (w/v) H2SO4 at 120 C for 20 min)

Batch (Erlenmeyer Flask) 44.8% 0.16 g lipid/g 3.53 g/L [68]
L. starkeyi DSM 70295

Oil palm empty fruit bunch

Alkali pretreatment (3.75 M NaOH, 120º C, 1 h)

Batch (Erlenmeyer Flask) 40% 0.162 g lipid/g 4.9 g/L [69]
L. starkeyi NRRL Y-11557

Corn stover

Ammonia fiber explosion (AFEX) pretreatment

Batch (Erlenmeyer Flask) 38% 0.14 g lipid/g 9 g/L [70]
M. pulcherrima Starch hydrolysate Batch fermentation (250 L) 34.3% 0.21 g lipid/g 15.8 g/L [71]
M. pulcherrima Starch hydrolysate Semi-continuous (250 L) 32.6% 0.16 g lipid/g 11.6 g/L [71]
R. babjevae DVBPG 8058 Wheat straw hydrolysate (steam explosion 190ºC 10 min; 1% acetic acidic (soaked overnight) Batch (0.5 L Bioreactor) 64.8% 0.24 g lipid/g 18.1 g/L [72]
R. fluvialys Sugarcane top (alkaline-hydrogen pretreatment) Bath 63.1% 0.23 g lipid/g 19.1 g/L [73]
R. fluvialys Sugarcane top (alkaline-hydrogen pretreatment) plus crude glycerol Fed-batch (3 L fermenter) (continuous fed crude glycerol solution) 61.4% 0.33 g lipid/g 23.6 g/L [73]
R. glutinis

Corncob

Acid pretreatment (sulfuric acid + phosphoric acid, S/L ratio 1/3, 123ºC 60 min)

Batch (5 L fermentor)

High cell density culture with

two-stage nitrogen feeding strategy

47.2% 0.159 g lipid/g 33.5 g/L [74]

R. glutinis +

C. pyrenoidosa

Cassava bagasse enzymatic hydrolysate (concentrated) Batch (Erlenmeyer Flask) 58.73% 0.230 g lipid/g 17.7 g/L [75]
R. taiwanensis Corncob hydrolysate (sulphuric acid 2.5% 121 2.5 h) detoxified Batch (5 L fermenter) 60.3% 0.056 g oil/g corncob 11.2 g/L [76]
R. toruloides

Maple Wood

Alkali pretreatment

(NaOH 1%, S/L 1/10 (w/v) 121ºC 15 psi, 30 min)

Erlenmeyer 36.68% n.a. 6.25 g/L [77]
R. toruloides AS 2.1389

Corn stover

Dry acid pretreatment and biodetoxification

(2.5 g H2SO4/100 g dry corn stover; 175 °C, 5 min followed by biological detoxification process with

Amorphotheca resinae)

Flasks

SSLP (simultaneous saccharification lipid production)

PSSLP (prehydrolysis SSLP)

0.062 g/g corn stover

0.08 g/g corn stover

0.077 g/g corn stover

6.2 g/L

10.1 g/L

11.4 g/L

[78]
R. toruloides CBS 14

Wheat straw

Acid-based steam explosion

hydrolysate (10%) + crude glycerol

Batch (0.5 L Bioreactor) 46.8% 0.25 g lipid/g 10.6 g/L [79]
R. toruloides CBS 14 Wheat straw Hydrolysate (steam explosion 190ºC 10 min; 1% acetic acid (soaked overnight) Batch (0.5 L Bioreactor) 39.31% 0.15 g lipid/g 11.72 g/L [72]
R. toruloides CBS 14

Wheat straw

Steam explosion

(Acid-soaked (1% acetic acid), steam explosion 190 °C, 10 min.)

Batch (2 L Bioreactor) 41% 0.13 g lipid/g [80]
R. toruloides DSMZ 4444

Corn stover

(Combined pretreatment)

NaOH 80ºC 2 h)/sulfuric acid preimpregnation 2 h, 160ºC-10 min )

Batch

DO-Fed-batch

Pulse-Fed-batch

Online-FB

56.67%

59.81%

61.54%

58.76%

0.19 g lipid/g

0.23 g lipid/g

0.24 g lipid/g

0.29 g lipid/g

21.2 g/L

25.2 g/L

26.7 g/L

31.7 g/L

[ [81]
R. toruloides NRLL

Fir wood

(NaOH 1%, S/L 1/10 (w/v) 121ºC 15 psi, 30 min)

Batch (Erlenmeyer Flask) 35.24% n.a. 6.88 g/L [77]
R. toruloies CCT 7815 Eucalyptus urograndis Hemicellulose hydrolysate, 160ºC 195 min Batch (Erlenmeyer Flask) 50% 0.13 g lipid/g [82]
Trichosporium dermatis

Dilute acid corn stover

(1% w/w H2SO4 160ºC-10 min), pretreated biomass without washing.

(1%H2SO4 180ºC-10 min), pretreated biomass with washing.

Batch (Erlenmeyer Flask)

24.23%

45.06%

0.104 g lipid/g

0.156 g lipid/g

7.46 g/L

11.43 g/L

[83]
T. dermatis

Alkali pretreated corn stover (2% w/w, 120 ºC, 20 min

-pretreated biomass without washing

-pretreated biomass with washing

Batch (Erlenmeyer Flask)

28.4%

55.97%

0.101 g lipid/g

0.186 g lipid/g

6.81 g/L

20.36 g/L

[83]
T. oleaginosus

Shorghum stalk

Swithgrass

Alkali pretreatment

(10%, w/v loading solid, 1.25%, w/v NaOHa, 121ºC, 30 min, 1 h)

Batch (Erlenmeyer Flask)

60%

58%

0.29 g lipid/g

0.27 g lipid/g

13.1 g/L

12.3 g/L

[84]
Y. lipolytica

Grass Cyperus distans Hydrothermal pretreatment

(200ºC 60 min plus delignification with diluted alkaline)

Batch (5 L bioreactor) 53.62% n.a. 10.58 g/L [85]

n.a., not available