Microbial oils with lowered pour points, dielectric fluids produced therefrom, and related methods
US9388435B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 4, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jul 12, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 4, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01F27/105
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Methods and compositions for the production of dielectric fluids from lipids produced by microorganisms are provided, including oil-bearing microorganisms and methods of low cost cultivation of such microorganisms. Microalgal cells containing exogenous genes encoding, for example, a sucrose transporter, a sucrose invertase, a fructokinase, a polysaccharide-degrading enzyme, a lipid pathway modification enzyme, a fatty acyl-ACP thioesterase, a desaturase, a fatty acyl-CoA/aldehyde reductase, and/or an acyl carrier protein are useful in manufacturing dielectric fluids.
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