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AssigneeSecretary of Agency of Industrial Science and Technology
InventorsToshihiro Yokochi, Toro Nakahara, Masakazu Yamaoka, Ryuichiro Kurane
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It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of efficiently manufacturing an oil-containing product including long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid or an high added value oil containing long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid, by using microorganisms. To this end, the present invention provides for a method of manufacturing long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid by culturing a microorganism belonging to the genus Labyrinthula in a medium containing oil or fatty acid as a carbon source, and collecting the long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid from the culture. With the present invention, it is possible to efficiently produce from vegetable oil and the like, an oil-containing product comprising long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid such as docosahexaenoic acid having a carbon number of 20 or more, and two or more unsaturated bonds, or an oil containing the long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid. Further, the present invention may be used as a novel method of reforming oil converting plant oil and the like to high added value oil containing the long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid.
A microorganism belonging to the genus Labyrinthula which is able to be cultured with oil or fatty acid as a carbon source, and has long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid production ability.
A method for reforming oil comprising converting oil to a long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid by culturing a microorganism belonging to the genus Labyrinthula with said oil as a carbon source.
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