Biotechnological production of oil: Fatty acid composition of microbial oil

The fatty acid profile and the fatty acid composition of microbial lipids o btained from molds revealed that oil from Aspergillus sydowii, Fusarium oxy sporum and F. equisetti had a high percentage of unsaturated fatty acids, p articularly oleic acid, and had a similarity to the edible oils, groundnut and palm oil. This study sheds light on the possibilities of exploring the use of these oils as supplement to other edible fats and for other non-edib le industrial purposes.