【Abstract】 The unsaturated fatty acids were biosynthesized by Mortierella isabellina grown on fatty alcohols (butanol, hexadecanol, octadecanol, etc) at 28 ℃ for 5 d and the fatty acid composition was analyzed by gas chromatography. The results showed that more lipid and higher content of the corresponding unsaturated fatty acids could be biosynthesized by the fungi grown on the long chain alcohols. Meanwhile, long chain alcohols were converted more quickly and had higher conversion. It suggests that long chain alcohols are more practical substrates.更多还原