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Effects of various process parameters on the production of gamma-linolenic acid in submerged fermentation

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: Studies were carried out on the fermentative production of g-linolenic acid (GLA) using seven strains belonging to Mucorales.An oleaginous fungal strain, isolated from the Western Ghats of Kerala produced GLA at a level of 8 % (by mass), when grown in a complex medium containing glucose as the sole carbon source.Effects of different culture conditions were investigated in shake flasks.Maximum dry biomass and total GLA obtained were 48.4 g/L and 636 mg/L, respectively, in the culture cultivated at 30 °C and 200 rpm for 7 days.Among the organic nitrogen sources investigated, yeast extract, and combination of corn steep liquor and baker's yeast in 1:1 ratio were useful for enhancing the GLA production and the effects were comparable.

Source: Hrčak Portal of scientific journals of Croatia (University Computing Centre)

Authors: Syed Ubaid Ahmed, Sudheer Kumar Singh, Ashok Pandey, Sanjit Kanjilal, Rachapudi Badari Narayana Prasad

Institutions: National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology

Language: English

Topic: Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: green

Funder: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India

OpenAlex ID: W2025306142

FWCI: 0.898

Cites: 21

Cited by: 64

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