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Microbial production of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids ML Verma (14471349) K Kishor (13717312) D Sharma (11636887) S Kumar (6089813) KD Sharma (25140528) Biological sciences Industrial biotechnology Heart Disease - Coronary Heart Disease Complementary and Integrative Health Heart Disease Prevention Cardiovascular Dietary Supplements Nutrition 3 Good Health and Well Being 12 Responsible Consumption and Production Microorganisms offers sustainable alternative to fishes for the production of omega-3 fatty acids. Impact of omega-3 fatty acids on health benefits has been well documented. Omega-3 fatty acids improve the human health as it is essential for development of eye, brains in infants as well as play a vital role in prevention-cum-control of several cancer, coronary heart disease, hypertension, depression, type-2 diabetes mellitus, atherosclerosis, and thrombosis. Microalgae can grow by autotrophic and heterotrophic mode. However, bioprospecting of heterotrophic microorganism for omega-3 fatty acids production is preferred due to ease of fermentation media optimization and higher yield. The chapter aims to provide a comprehensive review on various methods of lipid extraction from microalgae available with respect to omega-3 fatty acid production. All areas of lipid extraction methodologies including solvent extraction procedures, mechanical approaches, and solvent-free procedures apart from some of the latest extraction technologies is discussed. Recent advances made in the bioprocessing of oleaginous microalgae to omega-3 fatty acid production is critically discussed.<p></p> 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Chapter 10.26187/deakin.34028931 https://figshare.com/articles/chapter/Microbial_production_of_omega-3_polyunsaturated_fatty_acids/34028931 All Rights Reserved Restricted Access