NEW MICROORGANISM BELONGING TO YARROWIA GENUS, AND OIL DECOMPOSITION AGENT AND OIL DECOMPOSITION/REMOVAL METHOD USING SAME

摘要

The present invention addresses the problem of providing a new microorganism that is useful for efficiently decomposing oil, and a use for said microorganism. According to screening results, a new Yarrowia lipolytica having a high capacity to assimilate free fatty acids was successfully obtained. Efficient decomposition of oil is achieved by causing the Yarrowia lipolytica to act under conditions in which fatty acid that is a hydrolysate of oil or fat is present, or under conditions in which oil or fat is decomposed into fatty acids and glycerol.