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. 2017 Jun 9;10:147. doi: 10.1186/s13068-017-0835-8

Table 2.

Effect of different fermentation modes on the extracellular lipid composition after combined “de novo” and “ex novo” lipid fermentation by T. dermatis

Fermentation modes Lipid composition (%)
C16:0 C16:1 C18:0 C18:1 C18:2 C18:3 Othersa
Soybean oil (substrate) 12.4 ± 0.7 0.2 ± 0.0 3.5 ± 0.2 20.9 ± 1.1 53.8 ± 1.3 6.8 ± 0.2 2.4 ± 0.9
Controlb NA
First “de novo” then “ex novo” lipid fermentation 12.6 ± 0.0 0.0 ± 0.0 4.9 ± 0.0 27.1 ± 0.1 53.5 ± 0.2 0.5 ± 0.0 1.3 ± 0.3
First “ex novo” then “de novo” lipid fermentation 23.2 ± 1.8 1.2 ± 1.7 12.3 ± 0.5 20.3 ± 10.2 37.6 ± 6.3 4.5 ± 1.1 0.9 ± 1.2
Fed-batch mode 14.5 ± 3.2 0.1 ± 0.1 5.9 ± 1.6 29.4 ± 4.0 47.7 ± 9.0 0.5 ± 0.1 1.9 ± 0.3
Batch mode 25.4 ± 0.2 0.1 ± 0.2 10.9 ± 0.4 44.5 ± 1.3 14.3 ± 0.3 0.5 ± 0.2 4.2 ± 0.5

NA not available

aOthers were C12:0, C14:0, C20:0, C20:1, C20:2, and C24:0

bFermentation in corncob acid hydrolysate without adding soybean oil