BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION OF FUELS

摘要

A process for the production of one or more fatty acids or derivatives thereof from a carbohydrate, which process comprises treating of Jerusalem Artichoke the carbohydrate with a micro-organism which converts the carbohydrate to a microbial oil comprising one or more fatty acids or derivatives thereof, in which the carbohydrate is inulin and/or is derived from Jerusalem Arti-choke.