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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2015
Commissariat a L'energie Atomique ET Aux Energies Alternatives, Paris, FR;
Centre National DE LA Recherche Scientifique, Paris, FR;
Melissa Conte, Grenoble, FR;
Lina-Juana Dolch, Grenoble, FR;
Coline Mei, Grenoble, FR;
Caroline Barette, Sassenage, FR;
Dimitris Petroutsos, Grenoble, FR;
Denis Falconet, Eybens, FR;
Juliette Jouhet, Seyssinet, FR;
Fabrice Rebeille, Voreppe, FR;
Jean-Christophe Cintrat, Igny, FR;
Eric Marechal, Grenoble, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for accumulating triacylglycerols in microalgae by inhibiting the sterol metabolism, by incubating the microalgae with an inhibitor of sterol metabolism. The invention also relates to a method for producing fatty acids, biofuels, pharmaceutical or cosmetic compositions, and also food supplements, comprising a triacylglycerols accumulation step in microalgae according to the invention. Finally, the invention concerns the use of an inhibitor of sterol metabolism to accumulate triglycerides in microorganisms, and preferably microalgae.