Thraustochytrids, fatty acid compositions, and methods of making and uses thereof

• Main Authors: BEHRENS PAUL WARREN, ZIRKLE ROSS, PFEIFER JOSEPH W. III, HANSEN JON MILTON, STAHL TRACEY LYNN, APT KIRK E
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 26.06.2015
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; CULTURE MEDIA; EDIBLE OILS OR FATS, e.g. MARGARINES, SHORTENINGS, COOKINGOILS; 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; FUELS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; LUBRICANTS; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MINERAL WAXES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PEAT; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; PROCESSES USING MICROORGANISMS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVEHYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, ORGASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; SPIRITS; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; VINEGAR; WINE

Disclosed is an isolated thraustochytrid microorganism, or a strain derived therefrom, comprising a triglyceride fraction, wherein the docosahexaenoic acid content of the triglyceride fraction is at least about 40% by weight, wherein the docosapentaenoic acid n-6 content of the triglyceride fraction is from at least about 0.5% by weight to about 6% by weight, and wherein the total fatty acids produced by the microorganism or strain derived therefrom comprise about 10% or less by weight of eicosapentaenoic acid.