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. 2022 Mar 17;9:827837. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.827837

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 (193197)
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)