Molecular characterization and genetic diversity of four undescribed novel oleaginous Mortierella alpina strains from Libya.

ABSTRACT: Background: A large number of undiscovered fungal species still exist on earth, which can be useful for bioprospecting, particularly for single cell oil (SCO) production. Mortierella is one of the significant genera in this field and contains about hundred species. Moreover, M. alpina is the main single cell oil producer at commercial scale under this genus. Methods: Soil samples from four unique locations of North-East Libya were collected for the isolation of oleaginous Mortierellaalpina strains by a serial dilution method. Morphological identification was carried out using light microscopy (Olympus, Japan) and genetic diversity of the isolated Mortierella alpina strains was assessed using conserved internal transcribed spacer (ITS) gene s

SUBMITTER: Muftah Eltariki FE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8564746 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature