Table 1.

Overview of the genera used for the production of single cell oil (SCO) and amounts of cellular lipids accumulated per dry weight.

Kingdom	Division	Order	Genus	SCO [% (w/wDW)]	References
Chromalveolata	Heterokontophyta	Labyrinthuales	Aurantiochytrium	65	Huang et al., 2012
			Schizochytrium	49–67	Chang et al., 2013; Ling et al., 2015
		Phyitales	Pythium	76	Cheng et al., 1999
Fungi	Ascomycota	Eurotiales	Aspergillus	18	Lin et al., 2010
		Saccharaomycetales	Candida	2–27	Chatzifragkou et al., 2011
			Yarrowia	7–43	Papanikolaou and Aggelis, 2002; Chatzifragkou et al., 2011
			Zygosaccharomyces	13	Chatzifragkou et al., 2011
	Basidiomycota	Sporidiales	Rhodotorula	22–52	Zhao et al., 2010; Chatzifragkou et al., 2011
		Sporidiobolales	Sporobolomyces	30–50	Matsui et al., 2011
		Tremellales	Cryptococcus	33–78	El-Fadaly et al., 2009; Chi et al., 2011
		Ustilaginales	Rhodosporidium	33	Matsakas et al., 2015
	Zygomycota	Mucorales	Cunninghamella	21–78	Gema et al., 2002; Fakas et al., 2009b; Chatzifragkou et al., 2010, 2011
			Mucor	18	Chatzifragkou et al., 2011
			Thamnidium	43	Chatzifragkou et al., 2011
			Zygorhynchus	42	Chatzifragkou et al., 2011
		Mortierellas	Mortierella	5–74	Bajpai et al., 1991; Fakas et al., 2009b; Chatzifragkou et al., 2010; Economou et al., 2011a; Gao et al., 2013; Stressler et al., 2013; Zeng et al., 2013