OmegaTech obtains United States patent.OmegaTech Inc. (Boulder, CO) has patented a process for the heterotrophic heterotrophic /het·ero·tro·phic/ (-tro´fik) not self-sustaining; said of microorganisms requiring a reduced form of carbon for energy and synthesis. or predominantly heterotrophic production of whole-celled or extracted microbial microbial pertaining to or emanating from a microbe. microbial digestion the breakdown of organic material, especially feedstuffs, by microbial organisms. products with a high concentration of omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids unsaturated fatty acids, n.pl the double- or triple-bonded fatty acids contained primarily in vegetable oils and fish, which remain liquid at room temperature; linked to a reduction in the risk of developing heart disease. , producible in an aerobic culture under controlled conditions using biologically pure cultures of heterotrophic single-celled fungi microorganisms of the order Thraustochytriales. (US 5698244) |
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