Lipid composition of Fusarium sambucinum grown in a fermenter on media with different carbon sources

Ievleva, N.R.; Bragintseva, L.M.

Mikrobiologiia 53(4): 628-632

1984


ISSN/ISBN: 0026-3656
PMID: 6482751
Document Number: 239713
The object of this work was to study the effect of media containing different carbon sources on the content of lipids and their fractions in the fungus Fusarium sambucinum grown in a fermenter. Molassa and ethanol were carbon sources. From 15.0 to 16.5% of lipids were found to be accumulated in the fungal mycelium. The content of neutral lipids varied from 47.3 to 68%. The fraction of neutral lipids was shown to contain fatty acid esters apart from sterols, triglycerides, free fatty acids and esterified sterols typical of the fungus. The greatest quantities of fatty acid esters were synthesized when the fungus grew on a medium with molassa. Linoleic, oleic and palmitic acids prevailed among other free and esterified fatty acids.

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