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Table 1 Fatty acid methyl ester profiles of Y. lipolytica strains on glucose

From: Evaluation of single cell oil (SCO) from a tropical marine yeast Yarrowia lipolytica NCIM 3589 as a potential feedstock for biodiesel

% of fatty acid methyl ester

NCIM 3229

NCIM 3450

NCIM 3472

NCIM 3589

NCIM 3590

Caprylic acid (C8:0)

ND

ND

ND

ND

0.4

Lauric acid (C12:0)

ND

ND

ND

ND

4.8

Tridecanoic acid (C13:0)

58.1

4.9

ND

ND

ND

Myristic acid (C14:0)

ND

ND

ND

0.4

3.9

Pentadecanoic acid (C15:0)

12.5

ND

ND

0.1

34.4

Palmitic acid (C16:0)

ND

ND

ND

24.1

2.8

Heptadecanoic acid (C17:0)

ND

ND

ND

ND

0.4

Stearic acid (C18:0)

ND

ND

ND

7.7

4.6

Arachidic acid (C20:0)

ND

ND

4.8

0.4

ND

Heneicosanoic acid (C21:0)

ND

ND

ND

ND

7.4

Behenic acid (C22:0)

ND

ND

12.3

0.4

ND

Lignoceric acid (C24:0)

ND

ND

ND

1.5

ND

Palmitoleic acid C16:1)

ND

ND

ND

11

1.6

Oleic acid (C18:1n9c)

ND

ND

ND

38.6

3.5

cis-10-pentadecanoic acid (C15:1)

ND

13.5

ND

ND

ND

cis-11Eicosanoic acid (C20:1)

ND

ND

ND

0.1

ND

Erucic acid (C22:1n9)

ND

ND

ND

ND

9.2

cis-10-Heptadecanoic acid (C17:1)

0.6

9.3

ND

0.4

ND

Linoleic acid (C18:2n6c)

ND

ND

ND

14.6

2.7

Linolenic acid (C18:2nc)

ND

ND

ND

0.1

ND

cis-11,14-Eicosadienoic acid (C20:2)

ND

ND

7.2

ND

ND

cis-8,11,14-Eicosatrienoic acid (C20:3n3)

3.7

10.3

ND

0.2

ND

Arachidonic acid (C20:4n6)

5.0

19.4

21.7

ND

9.8

cis-13,16-Docosadienoic acid (C22:2)

5.5

16.8

16.7

ND

ND

cis-5,8,11,14,17-Eicosapentanoic acid (C20:5n3)

6.4

16.7

19.2

0.2

9.1

cis-4,7,10,13,16,19-Docosahexanoic acid (C22:6n3)

8.2

9.2

17.6

ND

ND

Elaidic acid methyl ester(C18:1n9t)

ND

ND

0.5

ND

ND

Total of trans fat

ND

ND

0.5

ND

ND

Total of fatty acids: Saturated

70.6

4.9

17.1

34.6

64.1

Total of fatty acids: Monounsaturated

0.6

22.8

ND

50.1

14.3

Total of fatty acids: Polyunsaturated

28.8

72.4

82.4

15.1

21.6

Total of fatty acids

99.4

100.1

100

99.8

100

  1. ND: Not detected.
  2. Values are means of three independent sets of experiments.