Lipid and fatty acid compositions of a novel docosahexaenoic acid- producing marine bacterium

Kazuo Watanabe*, Chikako Ishikawa, Itsuko Ohtsuka, Masazumi Kamata, Miho Tomita, Kazunaga Yazawa, Hiroshi Muramatsu

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Abstract

An unidentified bacterial strain, SCRC-21406, isolated from the intestine of a marine fish, Glossanodon semifasciatus, produced docosahexaenoic acid at 23% (mol/mol) [= 28% (w/w)] of total fatty acids in a medium containing 0.5% (wt/vol) peptone and 0.1% (wt/vol) yeast extract at 12°C under atmospheric pressure. The cell yield was 0.43 g/L. The major lipids of the strain were phosphatidylethanolamine and phophatidylglycerol. Docosahexaenoic acid was localized at the sn-2 positions of both phospholipids. The amounts of polyunsaturated fatty acids other than docosahexaenoic acid were extremely small [<3% (mol/mol)]. Monounsaturated fatty acids of the cis-7, cis-9 and cis-11 types were detected.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)975-978
Number of pages4
JournalLipids
Volume32
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1997 Sept
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Medicine (miscellaneous)
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
  • Food Science
  • Biochemistry

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