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.

FeedingFatty acid composition (%)
C16:0C18:0C18:1C18:2C18:3 n-6

Ammonium tartrate, glucose, and all metal ions
(Mg2+, Mn2+, Fe3+, Cu2+, Ca2+, Co2+, and Zn2+)
19.9512.0330.668.7813.24

Ammonium tartrate, glucose, and Fe3+21.358.9535.479.7712.66

Ammonium tartrate, glucose, and Mn2+19.219.7537.179.6911.86

Ammonium tartrate, glucose, and Mg2+27.8712.9932.034.2912.13

Ammonium tartrate, glucose, and Zn2+21.4712.7142.757.8311.04

Without feeding18.6210.2740.3515.7212.95