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Optimisation of culture conditions for production of eicosapentaenoic acid byMortierella elongate NRRL 5513

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WhenMortierella elongata NRRL 5513 was cultured in shake flasks at 25°C, mycelial growth reached a stationary phase at 48 h but maximum eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) production was observed at 6 days. When incubated at 11°C, EPA production also continued to rise during the stationary phase of growth, reaching a maximum after 10 days. An initial culture pH of 6.1 was found to be optimum for EPA production. The effect of temperature on EPA production was dependent on medium constituents. In glucose and linseed oil supplemented media, optimum temperature for EPA production was 11 and 15°C respectively. A maximum EPA yield of 0.61 g/l was obtained in linseed oil (2%), yeast extract (0.5%) supplemented basal medium. Maximum EPA content as a percentage of lipids (15.12%) was observed when the latter medium was supplemented with 0.25% urea.

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Bajpai, P.K., Bajpai, P. & Ward, O.P. Optimisation of culture conditions for production of eicosapentaenoic acid byMortierella elongate NRRL 5513. Journal of Industrial Microbiology 9, 11–17 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01576363

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