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Table 3 List of various substrates for growth of bacteria and their lipid content (Kumar et al. 2015; Kumar et al. 2017a, b; Goswami et al. 2017)

From: A comprehensive review on oleaginous bacteria: an alternative source for biodiesel production

S.N

Bacterial Species

Substrate for growth

Biomass

concentration

(g/L)

Lipid content of dry cell weight (DCW) %

4

Rhodococcus opacus

Dairy wastewater with mineral salt medium

6.6

33.30

5

R. opacus

Orange waste

ND

85.00

6

Rhodococcus species

Lignin compounds

ND

4.08

7

R. opacus

Oxygen-pretreated kraft lignin

(discharged from the

pulp and paper industry)

0.5

14.20

8

R. opacus

Toxic biomass

gasification wastewater

0.7

54.30

9

Gordonia species

Sugar cane molasses

ND

96.00

  1. Remark—ND: not detected