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Isolation of Cunninghamella bigelovii sp.nov. CGMCC 8094 as a new endophytic oleaginous fungus from Salicornia bigelovii

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A novel endophytic oleaginous fungus ‘Salicorn 5’ was isolated from Salicornia bigelovii Torr. Morphological characterization and phylogenetic analysis revealed the isolate could be characterized as a new species of the genus Cunninghamella and was subsequently named Cunninghamella bigelovii. The new species was found to accumulate high levels of unsaturated fatty acids, including polyunsaturated fatty acid γ-linolenic acid (GLA) that accounted for 13.28 % of the total fatty acid content by weight.

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Acknowledgments

This work was financially supported by the Chinese National Natural Science Fund (No. 31071586), by a special fund of agro-product quality safety risk assessment of Ministry of Agriculture of the People’s Republic of China and a project funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Food Processing and Quality Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, People’s Republic of China

    Jia Guo, Hui Wang, Jun-Nan Zhang, Yu-Hui Zhao, Tian-Xing Liu & Zhi-Hong Xin

  2. Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Fermentation, Purification and Analysis, Shenzhen Polytechnic, Shenzhen Guangdong, 518055, People’s Republic of China

    Jia Guo & Dong Liu

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Guo, J., Wang, H., Liu, D. et al. Isolation of Cunninghamella bigelovii sp.nov. CGMCC 8094 as a new endophytic oleaginous fungus from Salicornia bigelovii . Mycol Progress 14, 11 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-015-1029-z

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