Table 1.

List of fungal strains and motivations for their selection

Species	Collection number	Abbreviation	Motivation
Lichtheimia corymbifera	CCM 8077	LC	Fatty acid profile with good cetane number for biodiesel production [11]
Absidia glauca	CCM F451	AG	High lipid content [11], and coproducion of chitosan [48]
Cunninghamella blakesleeana	CCM F705	CB	Fatty acid profile with good cetane number for biodiesel production [44]
Mortierella alpina	ATCC 32222	MA	Relevant for arachidonic acid production at industrial scale [14] and other polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs)
Mucor circinelloides	CCM F220	MC	Model species for lipogenesis studies and dimorphism [49]. First species with annotated genome among Mucoromycota. Industrially relevant for gamma-linoleic acid production [13]. Coproduction of high-value metabolites [2, 45, 50]
Mucor circinelloides	VI04473	MCVI
Mortierella hyalina	VKM F1629	MH	Promising producer of arachidonic acid and other PUFAs [11]
Rhizopus stolonifer	VKM F400	RS	High linolenic acid accumulation [11] and industrially relevant genus for fumaric and lactic acid production [51]
Umbelopsis vinacea	CCM F539	UV	Fatty acid profile with good cetane number for biodiesel production [11]