A brief period of darkness induces changes in fatty acid biosynthesis towards accumulation of saturated fatty acids in Chlorella vulgaris UMT-M1 at stationary growth phase.

CONCLUSIONS: Findings from this study suggests that fatty acid composition in C. vulgaris could be modulated to favor either C16:0 or C18:1 by a brief period of either darkness or light incubation, prior to harvesting. PMID: 33438120 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Biotechnology Letters - Category: Biotechnology Authors: Tags: Biotechnol Lett Source Type: research