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

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

76 Citations (Scopus)

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

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Applied Mathematics
Physiology (medical)
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Molecular Biology
Biochemistry

Cite this

@article{f5b4c3f63b5a429d9da1cfda72bc1194,

title = "Production of eicosapentaenoic acid by marine bacteria",

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%.",

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

year = "1988",

month = jan,

language = "English",

volume = "103",

pages = "5--7",

journal = "Journal of Biochemistry",

issn = "0021-924X",

publisher = "Oxford University Press",

number = "1",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Production of eicosapentaenoic acid by marine bacteria

AU - Yazawa, Kazunaga

AU - Araki, Keiko

AU - Okazaki, Noriko

AU - Watanabe, Kazuo

AU - Ishikawa, Chikako

AU - Inoue, Akira

AU - Numao, Naganori

AU - Kondo, Kiyosi

PY - 1988/1

Y1 - 1988/1

N2 - 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%.

AB - 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%.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0023777164&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0023777164&partnerID=8YFLogxK

M3 - Article

C2 - 2834356

AN - SCOPUS:0023777164

VL - 103

SP - 5

EP - 7

JO - Journal of Biochemistry

JF - Journal of Biochemistry

SN - 0021-924X

IS - 1

ER -

Production of eicosapentaenoic acid by marine bacteria

Abstract

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this