Temperature differentially affects gene expression in antarctic thraustochytrid oblongichytrium sp. RT2316-13

• Published in: Marine Drugs
• Main Authors: Paredes, Paris, Larama, Giovanni, Flores, Liset, Leyton, Allison, Ili, Carmen Gloria, Asenjo De Leuze De Lancizolle, Juan Alfonso, Chisti, Yusuf, Shene, Carolina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2020
• Subjects: Gene expression analysis; Lipid metabolism; Oblongichytrium sp; Polyunsaturated fatty acid synthesis; Thraustochytrids; Antarctic; Inach; Antarc*; antartic*; Instituto Antartico Chileno
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/md18110563; https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/179759

Oblongichytrium RT2316-13 synthesizes lipids rich in eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). The content of these fatty acids in the total lipids depended on growth temperature. Sequencing technology was used in this work to examine the thraustochytrid's response to a decrea...