Subject area	Biotechnology, Chemistry
More specific subject area	Lipid Biotechnology
Type of data	Tables, figures
How data was acquired	The yeast Yarrowia lipolytica was cultivated on fatty substrates and the fatty acid composition of both the extracellular and intracellular lipids, as well as of their fractions was determined using an Agilent 7890 A device Gas Chromatography (Agilent Technologies, Shanghai, China).
Data format	Raw samples were collected during growth of Y. lipolytica and processed. Substrate and cellular lipids were purified and analysed.
Experimental factors	Different fatty materials were used as substrates for Y. lipolytica.
Experimental features	Various fats of plant (i.e., olive, sunflower, palm and linseed) and animal (i.e., cod liver and beef tallow) origin were used as carbon substrates for Y. lipolytica. Cultures, carried out in 250-mL Erlenmeyer flasks, were incubated in a rotary shaker (ZHWY211C, Zhicheng, Shanghai, China) at 180 rpm and T=28±1 °C.
Data source location	University of Patras, Greece
Data accessibility	The data are available in this article
Related research article	[1] Vasiliadou et al., 2018 “Biomodification of fats and oils and scenarios of adding value on renewable fatty materials through microbial fermentations: Modelling and trials with Yarrowia lipolytica.” Journal of Cleaner Production, 200, 1111–1129.