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Table 1 Bioconversion of agro-industrial wastes into biomass with high oil content

From: Techno-economic analysis and environmental impact of biovalorization of agro-industrial wastes for biodiesel feedstocks by oleaginous yeasts

Agro-industrial wastes

(sugar composition)

Oleaginous yeasts

Biomass (kg m−3)

Oil content (%)

Brewers’ spent grain hydrolysate

(xylose 45.8%, arabinose 32.1%, glucose 22.0%)

T. spathulata JU4–57

7.35 ± 0.22

20.1 ± 3.1

R. mucilaginosa G43

7.60 ± 0.05

8.8 ± 3.4

Y. lipolytica TISTR 5151

6.78 ± 0.13

14.2 ± 4.1

Spent yeast cell hydrolysate

(mannose 69.6%, glucose 31.4%)

T. spathulata JU4–57

4.07 ± 0.03

19.4 ± 4.5

R. mucilaginosa G43

4.33 ± 0.10

14.4 ± 4.9

Y. lipolytica TISTR 5151

4.78 ± 0.10

20.9 ± 3.3

Expired soft drinks

(fructose 59.8%, glucose 27.5%, sucrose 12.7%)

T. spathulata JU4–57

1.40 ± 0.28

20.6 ± 11.9

R. mucilaginosa G43

5.20 ± 0.77

10.1 ± 2.9

Y. lipolytica TISTR 5151

2.70 ± 0.05

25.1 ± 5.8

Crude glycerol

(glycerol 32.4%)

T. spathulata JU4–57

2.12 ± 0.10

52.9 ± 8.6

R. mucilaginosa G43

4.12 ± 0.10

50.9 ± 9.4

Y. lipolytica TISTR 5151

1.45 ± 0.23

63.7 ± 4.7

  1. Data expressed as mean ± standard deviation of triplicates