Production of γ-linolenic acid by disrupted mycelia of Mortierella isabellina

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 182-185

  Xian, Mo ^a,c   Nie, J ^b   Meng, Q ^a   Liu, J ^c   Zhou, C ^c   Kang, Y ^c   Zhen, K ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LIAONING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Disrupted mycelia; Fatty acid metabolism; Linolenic acid; Mortierella isabellina

Indexed keywords

POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

ACID PRODUCTION; CONDITION; DISRUPTED MYCELIUM; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; INCUBATION TEMPERATURES; INCUBATION TIME; LINOLENIC ACIDS; MIXTURE CONCENTRATION; MORTIERELLA ISABELLINA; REACTION MIXTURE;

MYCELIUM;

BUFFER; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; MALIC ACID; POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE;

FUNGUS;

ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MORTIERELLA; MORTIERELLA ISABELLINA; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PH; RACEMIC MIXTURE; REACTION TIME;

FUNGI; MORTIERELLA; MORTIERELLA ISABELLINA; UMBELOPSIS ISABELLINA;

EID: 0344837834     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2003.01291.x     Document Type: Article

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