Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis, L.L.P.
Process for production of dihomo-&ggr;-linolenic acid and lipid containing same
A process for the production of dihomo-&ggr;-linolenic acid comprising the steps of culturing a microorganism having an ability to produce araquidonic acid and having a reduced or lost &Dgr;5 desaturase activity to produce dihomo-&ggr;-linolenic acid or a lipid containing dihomo-&ggr;-linolenic acid, and recovering the dihomo-&ggr;-linolenic acid.
Suntory, Ltd.
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inventional inventional
Hideaki Sakayu Hiroshi Kengo
Yamada Shimizu Kawashima Akimoto