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Table 1 Fatty Acid Compositions of wild type and VHb-20 in shake flasks

From: Expression of Vitreoscilla hemoglobin enhances production of arachidonic acid and lipids in Mortierella alpina

Fatty acid

Content (% total fatty acids)

WT(aerobic)

VHb-20(aerobic)

WT(microaerobic)

VHb-20(microaerobic)

14:0

3.22 ± 0.14

0.73 ± 0.02**

2.84 ± 0.04

1.46 ± 0.17**

16:0

15.82 ± 0.33

9.72 ± 0.36**

13.35 ± 0.10

11.51 ± 0.24**

18:0

17.98 ± 0.49

19.63 ± 0.73**

13.34 ± 0.95

23.19 ± 0.48**

18:1

17.58 ± 0.58

6.92 ± 0.55**

39.61 ± 2.26

8.34 ± 0.24**

18:2

7.43 ± 0.44

5.82 ± 0.22**

2.87 ± 0.35

5.94 ± 0.56**

18:3

3.37 ± 0.11

3.74 ± 0.08*

2.27 ± 0.38

3.71 ± 0.22*

20:3

3.43 ± 0.06

2.84 ± 0.19*

3.71 ± 0.08

2.38 ± 0.26**

20:4(ARA)

27.30 ± 0.77

45.68 ± 1.09**

19.27 ± 1.18

38.51 ± 0.44**

  1. **p < 0.01,*p < 0.05
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