TABLE 2.

List of oleaginous microbes in nature capable of synthesizing and storing PUFAs.

PUFAs	Microbial sources	References
ARA	Fungi (Mortierella alpina, Entomophthora exitalis, Blastocladiella emersonit, and Conidiobolus nanodes) Algae (Euglena gracilis, Sargassum salicifolium, Porphyridium cruentum, Heterocapsa tricuetr, Amphidinium sp., Prorocentrum minimum, Prorocentrum triestinum, and Tetraselmis chui) Bacteria (Phaselicystis flava)	(44–53)
DGLA	Fungi (Conidiobolus nanodes, Mortierella alpina, and Saprolegnia ferax)	(44–46, 49, 54, 55)
DHA	Fungi (Thraustochytrium roseum, Thraustochytrium aureum, Schyzochytrium aggregatum, and Schyzochytrium SR21) Algae (Crypthecodinium cohnii, microalgae MK8805, Gyrodinium nelsoni, Gonyaulaxpolyedra, Amphidinium carteri, Amphidinium sp, Alexandrium sanguinea, Heterocapsa tricuetra, Isochrysis galbana, Pavlova gyrans, Prorocentrum micans, Prorocentrum minimum, and Scripsiella trochoidea) Bacteria (Rhodopseudomonas spp., Vibrio spp., and Colwellia psychrerythraea)	(51–53, 56–59)
DPA	Fungi (Schyzochytrium sp.)	(56, 60)
EPA	Fungi (Mortierella alpina, Mortierella elongata, Pythium ultimum, and Pythium irregulare) Algae (Chlorella minitissima, Amphidinium sp, Alexandrium sanguinea, Asterionella sp, Chlamydomonas sp, Chlorella ellipsoidea, Heterosigma akasiwo, Nannochloropsis sp, Nitschia ovali, Pavlova gyran, Phaedacturum tricornutum, and Tribonema sp) Bacteria (Shewanella putrefaciens, Shewanella electrodiphila)	(46, 47, 51–53, 56, 57, 61–64)
ETA	Fungi (Mortierella alpina)	(65, 66)
GLA	Fungi (Mucor circinelloides, Mortierella isabellina, Mucor mucedo, Mortierellaramanniana, Cunninghamella elegans, Cunninghamella echinulata, Cunnin-ghamella japonica, Thamnidium elegans, Rhizopus arrhizus, and Gilbertella persicaria DSR1) Algae (Chlorela vulgaris, Spirulina platensis, Amphidinium sp, Dunaliella salina, Isochrysis galbana, Tetraselmis chui, Tetraselmis suecica, and Prorocentrum parvum)	(52–54, 67–72)
MA	Fungi (Mortierella alpina)	(73)