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Table 2 Relative fluorescence units (RFUs) of the 19 yeast species considered as being highly oleaginous (more than 30% (w/w) of their DCW in lipids) after the screening using the proposed innovative methoda

From: Modified high-throughput Nile red fluorescence assay for the rapid screening of oleaginous yeasts using acetic acid as carbon source

Yeast ID

Yeast species

Phylum

RFUs

V134

Apiotrichum brassicae

Basidiomycota

138.0 ± 18.3

V194

Pichia kudriavzevii

Ascomycota

132.3 ± 7.1

V311

Candida tropicalis

Ascomycota

78.1 ± 2.5

V417

Millerozyma farinosa

Ascomycota

60.5 ± 1.9

V036

Pichia exigua

Ascomycota

56.3 ± 5.1

V343

Candida tropicalis

Ascomycota

55.5 ± 3.9

V209

Candida tropicalis

Ascomycota

54.9 ± 1.3

V447

Hyphopichia burtonii

Ascomycota

50.9 ± 4.4

V213

Metschnikowia pulcherrima

Ascomycota

42.2 ± 3.5

V114

Candida tropicalis

Ascomycota

41.9 ± 4.8

V166

Pichia fermentans

Ascomycota

41.4 ± 0.3

V473

Candida palmioleophila

Ascomycota

40.9 ± 1.6

V053

Rhodotorula mucilaginosa

Basidiomycota

39.0 ± 15.1

V139

Candida tropicalis

Ascomycota

38.9 ± 6.1

V418

Trigonopsis cantarellii

Ascomycota

38.1 ± 6.6

V342

Geotrichum candidum

Ascomycota

35.2 ± 2.0

V137

Candida tropicalis

Ascomycota

32.9 ± 2.1

V336

Candida tropicalis

Ascomycota

32.2 ± 3.6

V102

Pichia fermentans

Ascomycota

31.9 ± 3.0

  1. aRFUs cut-off value for considering a yeast as oleaginous was 31, as obtained by the equation proposed in Fig. 1. RFUs values are mean ± standard deviation of three replicates