In comparison to other vegetable oils and animal fats, the production
of microbial oil has many advantages: microbes have a
short life cycle as compared to plants so the time to harvest is
shorter, there is less labor required, microbial oil production is less
affected by venue, season and climate, and scale-up is easier [11].
Therefore, microbial oil has a tremendous potential to become one
of the major oil feedstocks for biodiesel production in the future.
This recent application of microbial oil has kindled tremendous
interest in the biofuel arena