Production of eicosapentaenoic acid by marine bacteria

Kazunaga Yazawa; Keiko Araki; Noriko Okazaki; Kazuo Watanabe; Chikako Ishikawa; Akira Inoue; Naganori Numao; Kiyosi Kondo

Production of eicosapentaenoic acid by marine bacteria

Kazunaga Yazawa, Keiko Araki, Noriko Okazaki, Kazuo Watanabe, Chikako Ishikawa, Akira Inoue, Naganori Numao, Kiyosi Kondo

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Abstract

About 5, 000 strains of marine microorganisms were screened for eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)-producing ability, which was detected in 88 of them. All of the latter were found to be obligate aerobic, Gram-negative, motile, short rod-shaped bacteria. One strain, designated as SCRC-8132, showed a doubling time of 30 min at 25°C and produced 20 mg/ liter (4 mg/g dry cells) when cultured in a P-Y-M-Glucose medium for 18 h. The EPA to total fatty acids ratio was 24%. The strain produced 26 mg EPA/liter (15 mg/g dry cells) when cultured at 4°C for 5 days, the EPA ratio being increased to 40%.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5-7
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Biochemistry
Volume	103
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - 1988 Jan
Externally published	Yes

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