Table 5.

Main fatty acid composition of the lipids produced by Y. lipolytica under different culture conditions

Relative fatty acid content (%)	Carbon source and initial pH
	50 g/L acetic acid at pH 8.0	3 g/L acetic acid at pH 6.0
Total C16 and C18	80.62	89.26
Unsaturated C16-C18	60.61	71.87
Palmitic acid (C16:0)	10.37	13.18
Palmitoleic acid (C16:1)	14.81	8.55
Stearic acid (C18:0)	9.64	4.21
Oleic acid (C18:1)	37.11	40.82
Linoleic acid (C18:2)	8.36	22.5
Lionlenic acid (C18:3)	0.33	N.D.
Total C15 and C17	6.05	0.95
Ginkgolic acid (C15:0)	0.76	N.D.
Ginkgolic acid (C15:1)	3.31	N.D.
Ginkgolic acid (C17:0)	0.21	N.D.
Ginkgolic acid (C17:1)	1.77	N.D.

Some other fatty acids (C14, C20, C22) were also detected in trace amount and were not included in this table