Process for the production of fatty acids having a high degree of unsaturation.

摘要

A process for obtaining a highly unsaturated fatty acid, comprising the steps of cultivating a microorganism belonging to the genus Echinosporangium and capable of synthesizing highly unsaturated fatty acids FOR highly unsaturated fatty acids or a lipid containing highly unsaturated fatty acids, and recovering highly unsaturated fatty acid; And a process for obtaining a lipid containing highly unsaturated fatty acids, comprising the steps of culturing a microorganism belonging to the genus Echinosporangium and able to synthesize fatty ACIDDOS highly unsaturated, to obtain a lipid containing highly unsaturated fatty acids, and recovering the lipid containing highly unsaturated fatty acids.