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The Microbiota of Freshwater Fish and Freshwater Niches Contain Omega-3 Fatty Acid-Producing Shewanella Species.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jan 2016
Dailey Frank E, McGraw Joseph E, Jensen Brittany J, Bishop Sydney S, Lokken James P, Dorff Kellen J, Ripley Michael P, Munro James B
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Approximately 30 years ago, it was discovered that free-living bacteria isolated from cold ocean depths could produce polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) such as eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) (20:5n-3) or docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) (22:6n-3), two PUFA essential for human health. Numerous laboratories have also discovered that EPA- and/or DHA-producing bacteria, many of them members of the Shewanella genus, could be...
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