Ajinomoto Co., Ltd.

Evolva Sa

David Fischer

Markus Schwab

Anaelle Hatsch

Corina Daniela Wirdnam

Maud Babau

Sabina De Andrade Pereira Tavares

Fanny Delegrange

Thomas Oestergaard Tange

Jens Klein

A method for producing an objective substance such as sphingoid bases and sphingolipids using yeast is provided. An objective substance is produced by cultivating yeast having an ability to produce the objective substance in a culture medium containing an additive that is able to associate with, bind to, solubilize, and/or capture the objective substance, and collecting the objective substance from cells of the yeast and/or the culture medium.

Method for producing sphingoid base or sphingolipid

A method for producing an objective substance such as phytosphingosine and sphinganine using yeast is provided. An objective substance is produced by cultivating yeast having an ability to produce the objective substance and modified so that the expression and/or activities of proteins encoded by LCB4 and CKA2 genes are reduced in a culture medium, and collecting the objective substance from cells of the yeast and/or the culture medium.

Method for producing phytosphingosine or sphinganine

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Arlesheim, Switzerland

David Fischer