Production of arachidonic acid by filamentous fungus,Mortierella alliaceastrain YN-15

Autor: Yoshio Tanaka, Kazuhisa Ono, Tsutomu Morinaga, Osamu Suzuki, Seiko Shigeta, Tsunehiro Aki, Kengo Akimoto, Katsuyuki Ishihara, Yumiko Nagahata, Kenichi Higashiyama, Shigeaki Fujikawa, Seiji Kawamoto
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society. 78:599-604
ISSN: 0003-021X
DOI: 10.1007/s11746-001-0311-2
Popis: A filamentous fungus producing significant levels of arachidonic acid (AA, C20∶4n−6) was isolated from a freshwater pond sample and assigned to the species Mortierella alliacea. This strain, YN-15, accumulated AA mainly in the form of triglyceride in its mycelia. An optimized culture in 25 L of medium containing 12% glucose and 3% yeast extract yielded 46.1 g/L dry cell weight, 19.5 g/L total fatty acid, and 7.1 g/L AA by 7-d cultivation in a 50-L jar fermenter. Assimilation of soluble starch by YN-15 was notably enhanced by the addition of oleic acid, soybean oil, ammonium sulfate, or potassium phosphate to a starch-based medium. Using starch as a main carbon source in the pre-pilot scale cultivation improved the production of AA by up to 5.0 g/L. Mortierella alliacea strain YN-15 is therefore a promising fungal isolate for industrial production of AA and other polyunsaturated fatty acids.
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