A novel source of dihomo-γ-linolenic acid: Possibilities and limitations of DGLA production in the high-density cultures of the Δ5 desaturase-mutant microalga Lobosphaera incisa

European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 760-766

  Abu Ghosh, Said ^a   Pal Nath, Dipasmita ^a   Markovitch, Dana ^a   Solovchenko, Alexei ^b   Didi Cohen, Shoshana ^a   Portugal, Isabel ^a   Khozin Goldberg, Inna ^a   Cohen, Zvi ^a   Boussiba, Sammy ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

High density culture; LC PUFA; Microalgal biotechnology; Molecular species; Parietochloris incisa; Triacylglycerols

Indexed keywords

LOBOSPHAERA; PARIETOCHLORIS INCISA;

EID: 84930180998     PISSN: 14387697     EISSN: 14389312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejlt.201400430     Document Type: Article

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