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Tailored oils produced from recombinant heterotrophic microorganisms

  • US 8,765,424 B2
  • Filed: 07/06/2012
  • Issued: 07/01/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A microbial oil obtained from a recombinant microalga, wherein the fatty acid profile of the oil comprises at least 40% saturated fatty acid having C10, C12 and C14, and the oil further comprises sterols of the recombinant microalga, wherein the recombinant microalga has been genetically engineered to express at least one lipid pathway enzyme at an altered level compared to a non-engineered microalga, the lipid pathway enzyme being selected from the group consisting of a desaturase, a ketoacyl synthase, and an acyl-ACP thioesterase.

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