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Lipid productivity comparison of some selected oleaginous microbes and plants. Microbial oil is generally expressed in kg/m3/year, whereas plant oil productivity is expressed in kg/ha/year.
| Source (Microbe and plant) | Oil yield (kg/m3/year) | Oil yield (kg/ha/year) |
| R. toruloides | 2120 | – |
| C. curvatus | 1154 | – |
| M. isabellina | 679 | |
| C. echinulata | 134 | |
| C. gracilis | 525 | – |
| S. limacinum | 404 | – |
| Sunflower | – | 500–700 |
| Soybean | – | 450–500 |
| Palm | – | 3000–5000 |
