POLAR AND NONPOLAR LIPIDS AND THEIR FATTY-ACID COMPOSITION OF A FEW FUSARIUM SPECIES

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.