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Lipids of filamentous fungi as a material for producing biodiesel fuel

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Species of various filamentous fungus taxa were tested for ability to produce lipids suitable as a material for manufacturing biodiesel. The mucoralean fungus Cunninghamella japonica was found to be a promising lipid producer. The inexpensive medium for its growth developed in this study contained ammonium nitrate as a nitrogen source. With its use, up to 16 g/l biomass and over 7 g/l lipids was obtained. The fungal lipids were dominated by oleic acid. It constituted 50% of total fatty acids. The iodine index of the lipid fraction was 86.61. The heat of combustion of the lipids, 37.13 MJ/kg, was close to the value for rapeseed oil.

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    Ya. E. Sergeeva, L. A. Galanina, D. A. Andrianova & E. P. Feofilova

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Original Russian Text © Ya.E. Sergeeva, L.A. Galanina, D.A. Andrianova, E.P. Feofilova, 2008, published in Prikladnaya Biokhimiya i Mikrobiologiya, 2008, Vol. 44, No. 5, pp. 576–581.

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Sergeeva, Y.E., Galanina, L.A., Andrianova, D.A. et al. Lipids of filamentous fungi as a material for producing biodiesel fuel. Appl Biochem Microbiol 44, 523–527 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0003683808050128

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