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Table 3 Analysis of fatty acid composition of wild-type strain and mutant strains

From: Heavy ion mutagenesis combined with triclosan screening provides a new strategy for improving the arachidonic acid yield in Mortierella alpina

Strains

Fatty acids content (% total fatty acids)

C14:0

C16:0

C18:0

C18:1

C18:2

C18:3

C20:3

C20:4

WT

2.83 ± 0.07

18.33 ± 0.46

13.32 ± 0.99

25.65 ± 1.79

5.72 ± 0.52

2.88 ± 0.14

3.75 ± 0.12

23.99 ± 1.92

Z-44

1.13 ± 0.04

11.26 ± 0.93

22.35 ± 1.37

7.91 ± 0.27

6.45 ± 0.16

3.83 ± 0.05

2.64 ± 0.09

39.37 ± 0.28

F-23

0.61 ± 0.01

10.93 ± 0.02

13.95 ± 0.01

8.48 ± 0.29

5.35 ± 0.12

3.97 ± 0.07

3.53 ± 0.02

49.12 ± 0.06

  1. Data are expressed as means ± standard deviations