United States of America, As Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture

Tsung Min Kuo

Cletus P Kurtzman

Neil P Price

Ching T Hou

William E Levinson

Karen J Ray

Open chain sophorolipids may be produced by fermentation withsp. NRRL Y-27208 or. Dimers and trimers of sophorolipids are also produced. The sophorolipds are produced by inoculating a fermentation medium comprising a carbon source and a lipid, withorspecies NRRL Y-27208, and incubating under aerobic conditions and for a period of time effective to produce an open chain sophorolipid in the medium. The sophorolipids may be subsequently recovered from the fermentation medium.

Fermentative production of sophorolipids from soybean and other vegetable oils

Itaconic acid may be produced in high yields by fermentation with a yeast,NRRL Y-30980.

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The compound 7,10,12-trihydroxy-8(E)-octadecenoic acid (TOD) has been produced by bioconversion of ricinoleic acid by,PR3. TOD and derivatives thereof are useful for controlling biological organisms, such as fungi and insects.

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Ballston Lake, NY, United States of America

Tsung Min Kuo