TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - BIOTECHNOLOGY - Preferred Component: The microbes include bacterial or fungal species selected from Trichoderma reesi, Acinetobacter sp., and members of the Actinomyces and Streptomyces genera. The microbes store the lipids in intracellular structures, and are at least partially dried prior to extracting the lipids.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Method: The method further comprises pretreating the feedstock with mechanical pretreatment, thermal-chemical pretreatment, sterilization, UV irradiation, pasteurization, filtration, or separation. The feedstock is fortified with glycerol. The produced lipids include triacylglycerides and the method further comprises separating the triacylglycerides into glycerols and fatty acid methyl esters, and recycling the glycerols by adding the glycerols to the feedstock. The method further comprises separating the feedstock into a liquid phase (144) and a solid phase (148). Exposing the feedstock to microbes comprises inoculating the liquid phase with microbes to convert the feedstock to lipids and inoculating solid phase with microbes to convert the solid phase into aromatic compounds. The produced aromatic compounds are extracted. Any remaining liquid phase matter is recycled by adding the recycled liquid phase matter to the feedstock, following extraction of lipids. Water (134) and nutrients (138) are added to the solid phase. Extracting the lipids comprises exposing the microbes to an alcohol-based solvent and a polar organic solvent. The method further comprises converting produced lipids into fuel by dissociating the triacylglycerides into fatty acids and glycerols; and hydrotreating the fatty acids to produce saturated hydrocarbons. Preferred Component: The solid phase includes lignin. The cellulose is derived from cellulosic waste materials including sawdust, wood chips, algae, municipal solid waste, or other biological materials. The feedstock further includes free sugars, hemicellulose, and other plant matter. The alcohol-based solvent is methanol, ethanol, and/or isopropanol. The polar organic solvent is chloroform, methylene chloride, and/or acetone. EXAMPLE - No suitable example given.