Method for producing microbial oil from labyrinthulid microorganism capable of producing said microbial oil

Abstract

A method for producing a microbial oil includes genetically modifying a labyrinthulid which belongs to the genus Parietichytrium or the genus Schizochytrium by disrupting and/or silencing a Δ4 desaturase gene, a C20 elongase gene, and/or a C18 elongase gene, or by being transformed with an ω3 desaturase gene; culturing the labyrinthulid; and collecting the microbial oil from the labyrinthulid. The labyrinthulid has an activity of synthesizing DHA via a PUFA-PKS pathway in an amount of not more than 1/100 of a total amount of DHA synthesized in the labyrinthulid or no activity of producing PUFAs via the PUFA-PKS pathway, and the labyrinthulid has an activity of producing PUFAs via an endogenous elongase-desaturase pathway.

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