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The culture conditions for high-yield production of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) by Schizochytrium sp. strain SR21 were investigated in a fermenter. With increasing carbon (glucose) and nitrogen (corn steep liquor and ammonium sulfate) sources (up to 12% glucose) in the medium, DHA productivity increased without a decrease in growth rate, i.e., 2.0, 2.7, and 3.3 g DHA/L/d with 6, 10, and 12% glucose, respectively. Eventually, 48.1 g dry cells/L and 13.3 g DHA/L were produced in 4 d with 12% glucose. DHA productivity was decreased with 15% glucose, i.e., 3.1 g/L/d. With 12% glucose, the lipid content was 77.5% of dry cells, and DHA content was 35.6% of total fatty acids. The lipid was composed of about 95% neutral lipid and 5% polar lipid. In polar lipids, the contents of phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylethanolamine, and phosphatidylinositol were 74, 11, and 5%, respectively. The PC profile was simple, 70% of PC molecules were 1-palmitoyl-2-DHA-PC and 1.2-di-DHA-PC. These results indicate that Schizochytrium sp. strain 21 is an excellent source for microbial DHA production, including not only the acid form of DHA but also 2-DHA-PC.
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Yaguchi, T., Tanaka, S., Yokochi, T. et al. Production of high yields of docosahexaenoic acid by Schizochytrium sp. strain SR21. J Amer Oil Chem Soc 74, 1431–1434 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11746-997-0249-z
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