METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF A FUNGAL BODY AND A LIPID THEREFROM

摘要

In a method for obtaining a fungal body rich in lipid content by culturing a filamentous fungus belonging to the genus Mortierella with high productivity, a fungus stock of M. isabellina, M. vinacea, M. ramannaiana var. anglispora or M. nana is cultured with aeration in a liquid culture medium containing a carbohydrate such as glucose or molasses in a very high concentration of from 60 to 400 g/litre, which concentration has never been used in the prior art. The final fungal body multiplication can reach a value as high as 156 g/litre, corresponding to lipid production of 83 g/litre.