Patent ID: 9725745
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: C10G,C12N,C12P,C12R,Y02E,Y02P

Claim:
1. A composition comprising oil produced by the isolated yeast cell of Pichia kudriavzevii , deposited or identified as MTCC Accession No. 5493, wherein the isolated yeast cell is able to accumulate at least about 50% oil on a dry weight basis under oil production conditions, wherein the oil production conditions comprise growing the cell in a culture medium comprising crude glycerol, corn steep liquor and yeast autolysate, the medium at a pH of about 5.5, wherein the composition is obtained by subjecting the oil after extraction to transesterification and wherein the oil comprises: at least about 10% palmitic acid, at least about 8% palmitoleic acid, at least about 1% stearic acid, at least about 41% oleic acid, at least about 15% linoleic acid, and at least about 6% linoleic acid.