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Table 2 Mean [±S.D] cellular sterol composition (%) of turbo yeast and MYA-796

From: Co-production of bioethanol and probiotic yeast biomass from agricultural feedstock: application of the rural biorefinery concept

 

Sterol composition (%)

 

Zymosterol

Ergosterol

Lanosterol

aIntermediates

Cholesterol

 

Turbo

MYA-769

Turbo

MYA-769

Turbo

MYA-769

Turbo

MYA-769

Turbo

MYA-769

YPD

17.92 [0.38]

17.79 [0.49]

61.71 [3.29]

61.91 [1.39]

5.93 [1.65]

8.06 [0.59]

14.45 [2.02]

12.25 [1.49]

—

—

GJ + t fosEp

15.53 [2.80]

12.31 [0.10]

67.31 [0.49]

61.86 [1.10]

5.90 [0.09]

9.31 [0.76]

11.26 [3.20]

16.52 [0.23]

—

—

glc YM +chol

5.7 [0.78]

1.6 [0.41]

26.9 [1.27]

12.2 [2.12]

35.7 [0.74]

38.2 [3.64]

27.10 [1.79]

27.30 [2.05]

4.6 [0.48]b

20.7 [0.96]b

  1. The most abundant sterol in each experiment is emboldened. a = sum of all minor sterol intermediates (each comprising < 5% of total cellular sterol fraction); b = exogenously supplied cholesterol; Strikethrough = not detected.
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