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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2005
Applicants:
Kengo Akimoto, Mishima-gun, JP;
Kenichi Higashiyama, Mishima-gun, JP;
Sakayu Shimizu, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Suntory Holdings Limited, Osaki-shi, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process for producing lipids containing arachidonic acid comprising culturing a microorganism in which ω3 desaturase activity has been decreased or is lacking at a temperature lower than the optimum growth temperature from the start of culturing or after culturing at the optimum growth temperature, said microorganism being obtained by the mutation treatment of a microorganism capable of producing arachidonic acid and belonging to the genusand the like; and then recovering lipids containing arachidonic acid from the culture.