title: Isolation and characterization of thermotolerant fungi producing lignoceric acid from glycerol.
abstract: In this paper, thermotolerant fungal strains which can grow on glycerol as the sole carbon source were isolated from soil samples. Morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses of ten isolated strains showed that all strains belong to Aspergillus fumigatus. Analysis of their cellular fatty acid composition revealed that all the strains accumulated lignoceric acid (C24:0), suggesting that the isolated strains can be used to produce this high-value long-chain fatty acid from glycerol.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute for Innovations in Sustainable Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JAPAN. hiroshi.habe@aist.go.jp
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Habe
authors.forename: Tomotake
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: Keiji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakaki
authors.forename: Dai
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kitamoto
mesh_terms: D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005990:Glycerol / Q000378:metabolism*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D005990:Glycerol; C010210:lignoceric acid