Omega-3 Fatty Acid Production
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Basics
- Omega-3 Fatty Acids are needed by many organisms (such as humans) who can't produce them by themselves
- Thus said organisms must get them from another source
- This page outlines that, and the associated effeciency of various sources
Production By:
Fish
Wild Caught
Farmed
Krill
Genetically Modified Organisms
E-coli
Escherichia coli Nissle 1917
E-coli (Unknown Strain)
Yeasts
Yarrowia lipolytica
- [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4322222/ Pub Med Article "Sustainable source of omega-3 eicosapentaenoic acid from metabolically engineered Yarrowia lipolytica: from fundamental research to commercial production"