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. 2019 May 20;12:123. doi: 10.1186/s13068-019-1464-1

Table 2.

Comparison of lipid conversion efficiency among different oleaginous microorganisms

Microorganisms Cultivation method Conversion efficiency
(g/g substrate)
References
Candida 107 (Y) SC 0.052 g/g glucose [58]
Yarrowia lipolytica (Y) SC ≤ 0.270 g/g.glucose [8, 59]
Cryptococcus curvatus (Y) SC 0.11–0.21 g/g.sugarb [60]
Trichosporon cutaneum (Y) SC 0.12 g/g galacturonate [26]
Rhodotorula glacialis (Y) SC 0.16 g/g glucose [61]
Debaryomyces etchellsii (Y) SC ≤ 0.031 g/g glucose [62]
Rhodococcus erythropolis (B) SC 0.061 g/g glucose [63]
Bacterium GK12 (B)a SC < 0.098 g/g gluconate [64]
Rhodococcus opacus (B) SC 0.041 g/g lignin [65]
Bacillus subtilis (B) SC 0.045 g/g reducing sugar [66]
Escherichia coli (B) SC < 0.034 g/g ethanol [67]
Mortierella isabellina (F) SC 0.17 g/g glucose [68]
Cunninghamella echinulata (F) SC 0.21 g/g tomato waste hydrolysate [69]
Mucor sp. (F) SC 0.058 g/g glucose [70]
Mortierella ramanniana (F) SC 0.15 g/g glucose [71]
Chlorellazofi ngiensis (HM) SC 0.136 g/g glucose [72]
Chlorella sorokiniana (HM) SC 0.19 g/g glucose [73]
Aspergillus oryzae A-4 (F) SSF 0.0366 g/g dry substrate [74]
Aspergillus tubingensis TSIP9 (F) SSF 0.047 g/g dry substrate [75]
Phanerochaete chrysosporium [F] SSC 0.277 g/g WCG This work

aA novel species affiliated with the family Erysipelotrichaceae in the phylum Firmicutes

bSugar includes arabinose, galacturonate, glucose, and beet pulp hydrolysates

Y, B, F, and HM represent yeast, bacterium, fungus, and heterotrophic microalgae, respectively

SC means submerged cultivation, whereas SSC stands for static solid cultivation

WCG refers to the mixture of wheat bran, corn straw, and glucose