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. 2015 Aug 15;99(22):9723–9743. doi: 10.1007/s00253-015-6852-2

Table 2.

Fatty acid composition of lipids produced using Yarrowia lipolytica mutant strain F on Kluyveromyces-treated coffee waste compared to that for other Y. lipolytica strains and to plant oils (references provided in column headings)

Fatty acid Strain F (without borraa) (%) Strain F (with borra) (%) Strain W29 in YNBOb medium (%) (Mlíčková et al. 2004) Strain W29 in wheat straw hydrolysate (%) (Yu et al. 2011) Strain W29 Po1g in sugarcane bagasse hydrolysate (%) (Tsigie et al. 2011) Strain MUCL 28849c (%) (Fontanille et al. 2012) Palm (%) (Bio-diesel 2013) Soy (%) (Bio-diesel 2013) Canola (%) (Bio-diesel 2013)
C16:0 = palmitic 28.5 27.1 5.5 5.7 (total of all C16) 17.76 14–23 41.1 10.2 4.0
C16:1 = palmitoleic 1.8 8.2 16 14.12 3–8
C18:0 = stearic 30.0 20.0 1.1 0.8 4.39 6–39 5.3 4.2 1.9
C18:1 = oleic 3.7 2.9 66 55.3 55.55 17–37 40.3 21.7 61.9
C18:2 = linoleic 26.5 36.7 8.7 20.9 11–31 10.8 53.1 19.3
C18:3 = linolenic 1.35 0.92 7.0 9.3
C20:0 = arachidic or C20:1 1.37 (C20:0) 1.5(C20:0) 0.7 (C20:1) 1.2 (C:20:1)
C22:0 = behenic 1.01 0.73
C30:0 = melissic 0 1.22
94.2 99.3 98.0 82.7 91.8 97.5 96.2 97.6
Monoglycerides 11.0 4.7
Diglycerides 37.1 33.4
Triglycerides 52.0 62.0
100.1 100.1

aBorra = spent coffee grounds

bYNBO = minimal oleic acid medium containing yeast nitrogen base

cOn various glucose, glycerol, and volatile fatty acid combination substrates