Research Article
Strategic Feeding of Ammonium and Metal Ions for Enhanced GLA-Rich Lipid Accumulation in Cunninghamella bainieri 2A1
Table 2
Fatty acid composition of the cellular lipids of C. bainieri 2A1 at 120 hours of cultivation.
| Feeding | Fatty acid composition (%) | C16:0 | C18:0 | C18:1 | C18:2 | C18:3 n-6 |
| Ammonium tartrate, glucose, and all metal ions (Mg2+, Mn2+, Fe3+, Cu2+, Ca2+, Co2+, and Zn2+) | 19.95 | 12.03 | 30.66 | 8.78 | 13.24 |
| Ammonium tartrate, glucose, and Fe3+ | 21.35 | 8.95 | 35.47 | 9.77 | 12.66 |
| Ammonium tartrate, glucose, and Mn2+ | 19.21 | 9.75 | 37.17 | 9.69 | 11.86 |
| Ammonium tartrate, glucose, and Mg2+ | 27.87 | 12.99 | 32.03 | 4.29 | 12.13 |
| Ammonium tartrate, glucose, and Zn2+ | 21.47 | 12.71 | 42.75 | 7.83 | 11.04 |
| Without feeding | 18.62 | 10.27 | 40.35 | 15.72 | 12.95 |
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