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. 2015 May 13;8:76. doi: 10.1186/s13068-015-0258-3

Table 2.

Fatty acid composition as % of total fatty acids (g g −1 ) of TAGs from cells

Fatty acid species Lignocellulose-derived inhibitor
Control Lignin Furfural HMF Vanillin 4-HB Syringaldehyde Levulinic acid Formic acid Acetic acid
Myristic acid (C14:0) 2.0 (±0.1) 2.0 (±0.1) 1.9 (±0.1) 1.9 (±0.1) 1.5 (±0.4) 1.9 (±0.1) 2.0 (±0.1) 1.0 (±0.1) 2.0 (±0.2) 2.0 (±0.1)
Pentadecanoic acid (C15:0) 5.2 (±0.5) 4.4 (±0.5) 7.1 (±0.1) 5.5 (±0.4) 5.7 (±0.4) 5.6 (±0.5) 5.5 (±0.5) 13.9 (±1.0) 8.9 (±0.8) 5.4 (±0.6)
Palmitic acid (C16:0) 28.9 (±0.5) 28.4 (±0.6) 29.4 (±0.4) 27.3 (±0.9) 26.5 (±0.4) 26.1 (±0.6) 25.1 (±0.6) 15.2 (±0.6) 23.2 (±0.6) 27.2 (±1.5)
Palmitoleic acid (C16:1) 10.2 (±0.4) 8.0 (±1.6) 9.6 (±0.5) 8.3 (±0.6) 7.5 (±1.4) 7.4 (±0.9) 8.3 (±0.6) 3.9 (±0.1) 8.6 (±0.5) 8.9 (±0.2)
Heptadecanoic acid (C17:0) 9.9 (±0.8) 10.5 (±0.8) 10.9 (±0.1) 11.9 (±0.1) 12.2 (±0.5) 11.9 (±0.1) 11.6 (±0.5) 19.2 (±0.6) 12.9 (±0.1) 11.0 (±1.0)
cis-10-Heptadecenoic acid (C17:1) 15.4 (±0.6) 14.0 (±0.8) 15.3 (±0.4) 15.7 (±0.9) 17.5 (±0.4) 16.5 (±0.6) 17.8 (±0.9) 30.3 (±1.1) 20.3 (±0.6) 16.2 (±1.9)
Stearic acid (C18:0) 5.0 (±0.2) 6.4 (±0.8) 4.7 (±0.6) 5.6 (±0.6) 4.7 (±0.6) 5.7 (±0.4) 4.6 (±0.5) 2.9 (±0.1) 3.9 (±0.1) 5.4 (±0.6)
Oleic acid (C18:1) 22.5 (±1.3) 25.3 (±1.3) 20.0 (±1.2) 22.5 (±0.9) 23.7 (±1.8) 23.9 (±1.8) 24.1 (±1.3) 12.4 (±0.5) 19.3 (±1.5) 23.0 (±1.4)
Linoleic acid (C18:2) 1.0 (±0.1) 1.0 (±0.2) 1.0 (±0.2) 1.1 (±0.3) 0.9 (±0.1) 1.1 (±0.2) 1.0 (±0.2) 1.2 (±0.1) 0.9 (±0.1) 1.0 (±0.2)

Grown in the presence of lignocellulose-derived inhibitors.

Strain MITXM-61 was cultivated in defined media containing 16 g L−1 glucose supplemented with 1 g L−1 lignin, 1 g L−1 furfural, 1 g L−1 HMF, 0.5 g L−1 vanillin, 0.2 g L−1 4-HB, 0.2 g L−1 syringaldehyde, 5 g L−1 levulinic acid, 2 g L−1 formic acid, and 5 g L−1 acetic acid for 4 days in Figure 1. Data are results of triplicate experiments, ±s.d.