Effect of consumed carbon to nitrogen ratio on mycelial morphology and arachidonic acid production in cultures of Mortierella alpina

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 382-389

  Koike, Yasuhisa ^a   Cai, Hong Jie ^a   Higashiyama, Kenichi ^b   Fujikawa, Shigeaki ^b   Park, Enoch Y ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SUNTORY LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; C N ratio; Mortierella alpina; Mycelial morphology

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FATTY ACIDS; FERMENTATION; LIPIDS; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN;

FLASK CULTURES;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CARBON; FATTY ACID; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CELL GROWTH; FUNGUS CULTURE; LIPOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY; MORTIERELLA ALPINA; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN;

FUNGI; MORTIERELLA ALPINA;

EID: 0034996491     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(01)80156-0     Document Type: Article

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