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Recombinant microalgae cells producing novel oils

  • US 8,697,427 B2
  • Filed: 05/23/2012
  • Issued: 04/15/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of producing an oil, the method comprising:

  • heterotrophically cultivating a microalgal cell of the genus Prototheca, the cell comprising an exogenous gene encoding a fatty acid desaturase, wherein the exogenous gene is integrated into the nuclear chromosome of the microalgal cell and is expressed, so as to alter the proportion of unsaturated to saturated fatty acids in an oil produced by the cell; and

    extracting the oil produced by the cell.

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