Breeding method to select oil-producing euglena mutants

As part of the research and development program led by Keisuke Goda, Program Manager of the Innovative Program for Advancing Translational Research and Development (ImPACT) led by the Council for Science, Technology and Innovation, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, Senior Researcher Osamu Iwata of Euglena Co. Professor Keisuke Goda of the Graduate School of Science at the University of Tokyo and his colleagues have developed a breeding method that efficiently produces and selects mutants of Euglena.Euglena is being applied to foods and biofuels. It is expected to discover euglena with higher nutritional val