EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID-PRODUCING MICROORGANISMS, FATTY ACID COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USES THEREOF

• Main Authors: ROSS ZIRKLE, JON MILTON HANSEN, TRACEY LYNN STAHL, KIRK E APT, JOSEPH W PFEIFER III, PAUL WARREN BEHRENS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 14.05.2020
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; FODDER; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; SPIRITS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; VINEGAR; WINE

To provide microbial oils produced by microorganisms showing high productivity and desirable ω-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid profile.SOLUTION: Provided is a microbial oil comprising a triacylglycerol fraction of 75-98 wt.% of the microbial oil, 10 to 30 wt.% of the fatty acids in the triacylglycerol fraction being eicosapentaenoic acid, 30-50 wt.% of the fatty acids in the triacylglycerol fraction being docosahexaenoic acid, the microbial oil being obtained from an isolated strain of the genus Schizochytrium or Thraustochytrium.SELECTED DRAWING: None 【課題】高い生産性および望ましいω−３長鎖多価不飽和脂肪酸プロファイルを示す微生物により生産される微生物油の提供。【解決手段】微生物油の７５〜９８重量％のトリアシルグリセロール画分を含む微生物油であって、トリアシルグリセロール画分中の脂肪酸の１０〜３０重量％がエイコサペンタエン酸であり、トリアシルグリセロール画分中の脂肪酸の３０〜５０重量％がドコサヘキサエン酸であり、かつシゾキトリウム属またはヤブレツボカビ属の単離された株から得られる、微生物油。【選択図】なし