Abstract
Microorganisms, especially yeast, have been utilized by humans for centuries. The rise of recombinant DNA technologies and its recent developments allowed us to extend this utilization to develop these organisms into microbial cell factories able to produce a variety of functionalized lipids and increase their production capacities. This chapter covers aspects of current developments in the field of oleaginous yeasts, mainly Yarrowia lipolytica and of the conventional yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae in respect to lipid modification and production. It introduces tools and methods for the discovery and development of microbial lipid factories and describes pathways from microbial oils to higher value products, including biofuels, methods of lipid recovery, and nutraceuticals.
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