Abstract
The lipid productivities of six species (11 strains) of fungi of the order Mucorales in the class Zygomycetes obtained from Institute for Fermentation, Osaka, were investigated. The total lipid extracts of fungus cells grown by stationary culture method were separated to neutral lipid and polar lipid fractions by silicic acid column chromatography, and the amounts of both fractions were determined. Fatty acid compositions of the lipids were analyzed by gas liquid chromatography. Futhermore, the compositions of both lipid fraction were quantitatively determined by thin layer chromatographic analysis. The total lipid amount of Mortierella isabellina IFO No. 7884 was 86.1% of the dry fungus cells cultivated at 20°C.
