Patent ID: 9476075
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: A23D,A23K,A23L,A23V,C11B,C12N,C12P,C12R

Claim Text:
1. A method for producing lipid compounds of interest, comprising culturing a strain of Mortierella alpina and recovering biomass rich in lipid compounds of interest and, optionally, harvesting the lipid compounds of interest, said strain of Mortierella alpina being the Mortierella alpina strain deposited on Jun. 12, 2012, with the Collection Nationale de Cultures de Microorganismes (CNCM) under accession number I-4642 or a mutagenized or genetically transformed strain of the Mortierella alpina strain deposited on Jun. 12, 2012, with the Collection Nationale de Cultures de Microorganismes (CNCM) under accession number I-4642 retaining the property of producing at least 50% arachidonic acid (ARA) by weight of total fatty acids, wherein the recovered biomass has between 40% and 55% by weight of lipids and at least 50% arachidonic acid by weight of total fatty acids.