Hs. Murali et al., POLAR AND NONPOLAR LIPIDS AND THEIR FATTY-ACID COMPOSITION OF A FEW FUSARIUM SPECIES, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, 70(10), 1993, pp. 1039-1041
A few species of Fusarium have been evaluated for their potential to p
roduce lipids. The isolates under investigation exhibited wide variati
on with respect to the mycelial weight, total lipid content and percen
t age composition of polar and nonpolar lipids in which triglycerides
were the major components (81-90%). Palmitic, stearic, oleic and linol
eic acids were the major fatty acids in both the fractions. The polar
lipids contained higher levels of linoleic acid, whereas nonpolar lipi
ds contained oleic acid as the predominant acid. Nonpolar lipids were
more saturated than polar lipids.