γ-Linolenic acid production by a low temperature-resistant mutant of Mortierella ramanniana

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-123

  Hiruta, Osamu ^a   Kamisaka, Yasushi ^b   Yokochi, Toshihiro ^b   Futamura, Takafumi ^a   Takebe, Hidehi ^a   Satoh, Atsuyuki ^a   Nakahara, Toro ^b   Suzuki, Osamu ^c  

^a MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD   (Japan)

^b NATL INST BIOSCI HUM TECHNOL   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

fatty acid composition; low temperature resistant mutant; Mortierella ramanniana; single cell oil; linolenic acid

Indexed keywords

LINOLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; FUNGUS GROWTH; LIPID COMPOSITION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MUCORALES; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

FUNGI; MORTIERELLA; MUCORALES; UMBELOPSIS RAMANNIANA;

EID: 0029835773     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0922-338X(96)85032-X     Document Type: Article

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