METHODS OF RECOVERING OIL FROM MICROORGANISMS

摘要

Provided herein are methods of recovering oil from microorganisms. The methods are useful, for example, in obtaining nutritional oils and/or lipid biofuels. The methods of recovering oil described herein include contacting a population of microorganisms with one or more enzymes under conditions that cause disruption of the microorganisms and extracting lipids from the population of microorganisms in the presence of reduced amounts of organic solvent or in the absence of organic solvent.