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Researchers from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics and Dalian University of Technology developed a high‑coverage lipidomics workflow combined with transcriptomics to study Rhodosporidium toruloides under nitrogen limitation. The approach allowed detailed tracking of lipid accumulation and compositional changes throughout cultivation. The work, published in Food Chemistry, highlights that previous studies mainly reported total lipid output and overall fatty acid profiles, leaving individual lipid species across growth stages largely uncharacterized. The new method provides a more granular view of how this yeast accumulates oil, which is relevant for sustainable food and biofuel production.

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