Oleaginous fungi (including fungus-like protists) are attractive in lipid production due to their
short growth cycle, large biomass and high yield of lipids. Some typical oleaginous fungi …

The oleaginous fungus Mortierella alpina has distinct advantages in long-chain PUFAs
production, and it is the only source for dietary arachidonic acid (ARA) certificated by FDA …

Microbial lipids are promising alternative sources of long chain-polyunsaturated fatty acids
(LC-PUFAs) for food, feed, nutraceutical and pharmaceutical sectors. Dihomo-γ-linolenic …

Microbial lipid is a potential raw material for biofuel industry. In this review, we summarized
recent progress in microbial lipid production by oleaginous fungi in terms of identifying …

Mortierella alpina is an oleaginous filamentous fungus with considerable lipid productivity,
and it has been widely used for industrial production of arachidonic acid. The fermentation …

Highlights•Microorganisms have been engineered to produce FAs from non-edible carbon
sources.•Non-oleaginous microorganisms were engineered to produce FFAs.•Oleaginous …

Background Oleaginous fungi can accumulate lipids by utilizing a wide range of waste
substrates. They are an important source for the industrial production of omega-6 …

Production of bio-lipid from plants has broadened the vision to search for alternative sources
of renewable energy to meet future energy demand. One of the potent alternatives is the …

Microbial lipids have recently drawn a lot of attention as renewable sources for biochemicals
production. Strong research efforts have been addressed to efficiently use organic wastes as …

BACKGROUND Microbial lipids are considered as the starting material for production of
second‐generation biofuels and their polyunsaturated fatty acids are rich sources of …