Production of the Fungal Lipid Containing ${\gamma}-Linolenic$ Acid from Mucor sp. KCTC 8405P

Mucor sp. KCTC 8405P에 의한 ${\gamma}-Linolenic$ Acid 함유 곰팡이 유지의 생산

Mucor sp. KCTC 8405P was cultivated in a jar fermentor for the production of fungal lipid containing ${\gamma}-linolenic$ acid with feeding the glucose solution periodically. The transition of the fungal growth into the mycelial phase from yeast-like growth was achieved by pH shift after the first two day of cultivation in the low pH medium and then lipid accumulation was accelerated until the seven day of cultivation, when the glucose in the culture broth was almost consumed. With the culture conditions applied in this experiment, biomass of 99.3 g/l by the dry cell weight and the total extractable lipid of 38.0 g containing 3.5 g/l ${\gamma}-linolenic$ acid were obtained.

${\gamma}-linolenic$ acid를 함유한 유지를 생산하기 위해 포도당을 주기적으로 첨가하면서 Mucor sp. KCTC 8405P를 유가배양하였다. 배양 시작 후 2일까지 효모 모양으로 배양한 후 배지의 pH를 높여 균사체 모양으로 유도하여 배양하면, 지방질은 포도당이 고갈되는 배양 7일째까지 축적되었다. 본 배양조건에 의하여 건조 균체량 99.3 g/l, 총지방질 38.0 g/l와 3.5 g/l의 ${\gamma}-linolenic$ acid를 얻을 수가 있었다.