Fig. 1: Analysis of fatty acid profiles in three microorganisms under fed-batch fermentation.

a Desaturase/elongase pathway. Elo16 C16 elongase, Des9 Δ-9 desaturase, Des12 Δ-12 desaturase, Elo9 Δ-9 elongase, Des8 Δ-8 desaturase, Des5 Δ-5 desaturase, Des17 Δ-17 desaturase. b PKS pathway. PKS polyketide synthase. Variation in the fatty acid content of Y. lipolytica YlP56 (c), M. alpina R807 (d), and Schizochytrium sp. HX308 (e) during fermentation. In (c–e), the data are presented as the means ± s.d. from three (n = 3) biologically independent replicates.