TABLE 4.
Summary of bioconversion of agro-industrial wastes into high-value single cell oil by oleaginous microbes.
| Microorganisms | Substrate | PUFAs | References |
| M. isabellina | Corn stover and douglas fir forest waste | GLA | (174, 175) |
| M. isabellina | Sweet sorghum and rice hull hydrolysates | GLA | (176) |
| C. echinulata | Waste from edible oil plants | GLA | (177) |
| C. echinulata | Potato industry starch waste | GLA | (178) |
| C. echinulata | Tomato hydrolysate enriched with glucose | GLA | (179) |
| M. recurvus | Hydrolyzed molasses | GLA | (180) |
| M. circinelloides and M. isabellina | Liquid waste from the cheese-making process | GLA | (181, 182) |
| T. elegans and C. echinulata | Sugar-based and corn steep lignocellulosic wastes | GLA | (176, 183) |
| Schizochytrium sp. DT3 | Cannabis sativa (hemp) biomass | DHA | (184) |
| P. tricornutum | Birch and spruce biomass | EPA, DHA | (185) |
| Trichosporon oleaginosus | Xylose-containing substrates | ETA, EDA | (169) |
| Aurantiochytrium sp., and Schizochytrium sp. | Sugarcane bagasse hydrolysate | DHA | (186, 187) |
| Schizochytrium mangrovei | Coconut water | DHA | (188) |
| Aurantiochytrium sp | Orange peel extracts | DHA | (189) |
| Aurantiochytrium sp | By-product of the palm oil industry | DHA | (190) |
| T. kinney and S. limacinum | Crude glycerol | (191, 192) | |
| T. elegans, U. isabellina, C. echinulata, U. ramanniana, Z. moelleri and Mucor sp | Crude glycerol | GLA | (193–197) |
| Mortierella spp | Crude glycerol | ARA, DGLA | (198) |
| N. gaditana | Phosphate-limited wastewaters obtained an aquaculture station | EPA | (199) |
| Navicula sp., Chlorella sp., Nannochloropsis sp., Dunaliella sp., and Tetraselmis sp. | Shrimp farm wastewaters | EPA | (200) |
| Euglena gracilis and Selenastrum sp. | Fish farm wastewater | ALA, ARA, EPA, DHA | (166) |
| Mortierella sp | Shrimp shell wastes | ARA, DGLA | (201, 202) |
| Mucor circinelloides and Rhizopus sp | Cooking oil (Soybean, Sesame, Canola, Sunflower, Palm) | GLA | (203, 204) |
| C. echinulata | Corn steep liquor, and soybean oil waste | GLA | (205) |
| Mortierella alpina CFR-GV15 | Linseed oil and garden cress oil | ALA, EPA and DHA | (206) |