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. 2017 Feb 6;101(9):3577–3585. doi: 10.1007/s00253-017-8126-7

Table 4.

The relative TAG content (>5%) of six yeasts cultivated in NLM medium (n = 2)

Relative TAG content of total TAGs (%)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Trichosporon oleaginosus Rhodotorula graminis Lipomyces starkeyi Rhodosporidium toruloides Yarrowia lipolytica
TAG (C16:0, C18:1, C18:1) 7.0 ± 0.2 28.3 ± 0.1 22.2 ± 0.3 29.7 ± 0.2 15.7 ± 0.4 11.4 ± 1.4
TAG (C16:0, C18:1, C16:0) 2.7 ± 0.1 14.4 ± 0.2 7.8 ± 0 16.9 ± 0.7 17.4 ± 0.6 2.0 ± 0.4
TAG (C16:0, C18:1, C18:0) 1.8 ± 0 13.4 ± 0.2 1.8 ± 0 13.0 ± 0.1 14.5 ± 0.5 1.0 ± 0.1
TAG (C18:1, C18:1, C18:1) 1.8 ± 0.2 8.7 ± 0.3 12.0 ± 0 11.3 ± 0.1 3.4 ± 0.1 11.8 ± 0.1
TAG (C18:0, C18:1, C18:1) 1.3 ± 0.1 7.4 ± 0.1 2.1 ± 0.2 6.9 ± 0.2 4.5 ± 0.1 2.6 ± 0.3
TAG (C16:0, C18:2, C18:1) 0.0 6.3 ± 0.1 10.7 ± 0.1 2.9 ± 0.3 8.1 ± 0.2 0
TAG (C18:2, C18:1, C18:1) 0.2 ± 0.2 3.4 ± 0 8.3 ± 0.2 1.4 ± 0.3 2.0 ± 0.1 0
TAG (C14:0, C18:1, C18:1) 0 1.4 ± 0.1 4.4 ± 0 2.5 ± 0.1 1.7 ± 0 5.0 ± 0
TAG (C16:0, C18:2, C16:0) 0.8 ± 0.1 1.4 ± 0.1 3.1 ± 0 1.1 ± 0.1 6.2 ± 0.1 1.7 ± 0.3
TAG (C16:0, C18:2, C18:0) 0.2 ± 0 1.3 ± 0.2 0.9 ± 0 1.2 ± 0 5.0 ± 0.1 0.6 ± 0
TAG (C16:0, C18:2, C18:2) 13.1 ± 0.5 0.9 ± 0 1.6 ± 0 0.2 ± 0.1 1.3 ± 0.2 6.2 ± 0.9
TAG (C16:1, C18:1, C18:1) 0.9 ± 0.4 0.3 ± 0 0.6 ± 0 0.1 ± 0 0.1 ± 0.1 5.6 ± 0.2
TAG (C16:1, C16:1, C16:1) 6.6 ± 0.3 0.2 ± 0 1.2 ± 0 0.2 ± 0 1.1 ± 0.1 1.2 ± 0
TAG (C18:1, C16:1, C16:1) 24.3 ± 1.7 0 0.3 ± 0 0 0.1 ± 0 9.6 ± 0.1
TAG (C18:0, C16:1, C16:1) 18.9 ± 1.5 0 0 ± 0 0 0 9.5 ± 0.1
TAG (C16:0, C18:1, C16:1) 6.1 ± 0.5 0 0.5 ± 0 0.2 ± 0 0.3 ± 0.4 18.4 ± 0.7
Unknown TAGs 8.6 ± 1.8 0.7 ± 0.1 3.1 ± 0 0.9 ± 0 1.0 ± 0.3 4.6 ± 0.5