US 12,262,720 B2
Algal oil with improved nutritional value
Michael Milway, Dartmouth (CA); Laura Purdue, Dartmouth (CA); Zachary Sun, Dartmouth (CA); Mercia Valentine, Dartmouth (CA); Joshua Lowrey, Dartmouth (CA); and Roberto E. Armenta, Dartmouth (CA)
Assigned to Mara Renewables Corporation, Dartmouth (CA)
Appl. No. 17/289,177
Filed by MARA RENEWABLES CORPORATION, Dartmouth (CA)
PCT Filed Nov. 1, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/059390
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 27, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/089845, PCT Pub. Date May 7, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/754,896, filed on Nov. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0392913 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. A23D 9/02 (2006.01); C12P 7/6472 (2022.01); C12R 1/89 (2006.01)
CPC A23D 9/02 (2013.01) [C12P 7/6472 (2013.01); C12R 2001/89 (2021.05)] 37 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of producing oil with increased omega-7 fatty acids comprising culturing oil-producing Thraustochytrium microorganisms in a fermentation medium with less than 0.3 mg/L zinc, wherein the culturing produces an oil comprising fatty acids, wherein the oil comprises docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), wherein the oil comprises less than 20% palmitic acid (C16:0) and increased omega-7 fatty acids compared to a control oil.