Single Cell Oils: Microbial and Algal Oils

Featuring recognized academic and industrial experts in this cutting-edge field, this book reviews single cell oils (SCO) currently in the market. The text mainly focuses on the production of the long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, Arachidonic acid, and Docosahexaenoinc acid. All chapters provide up to date references for navigating the vast amount of historic data available in the field. The authors provide real world examples of the commercial development and applications of various SCO in a variety of fields, from food ingredients and disease treatment to aquaculture and fish farming.

It covers the essential information in this fast moving field giving details of the production of all the major SCOs, their extraction, purification, applications and safety evaluations. In addition, this new edition includes major coverage of the potential of SCOs for biofuels that may be of key significance in the coming years.

Includes sufficient detail on molecular breeding of yeasts and moldsShows how microbial oils have gone from being academic curisoisties to being minor commodity oilsPresents details on the safey and nutrition of single cell oils for human and animal nutrition

1. Single Cell Oils for the 21st Century
2. Arachidonic Acid-Producing Mortierella alpina: Creation of Mutants, Isolation of the Related Enzyme Genes, and Molecular Breeding
3. Metabolic Engineering of an Oleaginous Yeast for the Production of Omega-3 Fatty Acids
4. Development of a Docosahexaenoic Acid Production Technology Using Schizochytrium: Historical Perspective and Update
5. Arachidonic Acid: Fermentative Production by Mortierella Fungi
6. Production of Single Cell Oils by Dinoflagellates
7. Alternative Carbon Sources for Heterotrophic Production of Docosahexaenoic Acid by the Marine Alga Crypthecodinium cohnii
8. Production of Eicosapentaenoic Acid Using Heterotrophically Grown Microalgae
9. Downstream Processing, Extraction, and Purification of Single Cell Oils
10. Searching for Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid-Rich Photosynthetic Microalgae
11. Carotenoid Production Using Microorganisms
12. Survey of Commercial Developments of Microalgae as Biodiesel Feedstock
13. Algae Oils for Biofuels: Chemistry, Physiology, and Production
14. Production of Lipids for Biofuels Using Bacteria
15. Safety Evaluation of Single Cell Oils and the Regulatory Requirements for Use as Food Ingredients
16. Nutritional Aspects of Single Cell Oils: Applications of Arachidonic Acid and Docosahexaenoic Acid Oils
17. Recent Developments in the Human Nutrition of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids from Single Cell Oils
18. Applications of Single Cell Oils for Animal Nutrition
19. Applications of Single Cell Oils for Aquaculture
20. Future Development of Single Cell Oils