Production of arachidonic acid by Mortierella elongata 1S-5.

• YAMADA Hideaki

  Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Kyoto University

• SHIMIZU Sakayu

  Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Kyoto University

• SHINMEN Yoshifumi

  Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Kyoto University Present address: Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Suntory Limited

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• Production of arachidonic acid by Mortierell elongata 1S-5

Abstract

Various microorganisms were screened for high arachidonic acid productivity. An isolated fungus, strain 1S-5, identified as Mortierella elongata Linnemann, was found to show the highest productivity. Using this fungus, the cultural conditions for high intracellular production of arachidonic acid were investigated. The production of arachidonic acid reached 0.99mg/ml (22mg/g dry cells) when the fungus was grown in a medium containing 10% glucose, 0.5% Polypepton and 0.3% yeast extract, pH 6.0, for 4 days at 24°C with shaking. The arachidonic acid could be isolated as the methyl ester from mycelia with a good recovery.

Journal

• Agricultural and Biological Chemistry

  Agricultural and Biological Chemistry 51 (3), 785-790, 1987

  Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry

Keywords

• General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
• General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Details

• CRID: 1390001206465408384
• NII Article ID: 110006323332
• NII Book ID: AA00515312
• DOI: 10.1271/bbb1961.51.785
• COI: 1:CAS:528:DyaL2sXitFanur4%3D
• ISSN: 18811280
• ISSN: 00021369
• ISSN: http://id.crossref.org/issn/00021369
• Text Lang: en
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