Journal
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY
Volume 23, Issue 6, Pages 1031-1037Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-010-9636-1
Keywords
Biodiesel; Botryococcus braunii; Nitrogen limitation; Oleic acid; sad; Stearoyl-ACP desaturase
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- Carbon Dioxide Reduction and Sequestration Research Center
- 21st Century Frontier Program
- Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
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The influence of nitrogen (N) deficiency on the cell growth and intracellular lipid production of the alga Botryococcus braunii UTEX 572 was investigated. Biomass concentration and lipid content of B. braunii cultivated in modified Chu-13 medium containing 0.04, 0.37, and 3.66 mM nitrate were 0.23-0.38 g L(-1) and 36-63% of dry cell weight, respectively. The specific growth rate of B. braunii reached a constant of 0.185 day(-1) during cultivation with an initial nitrate feed of 3.66 mM. The maximum lipid content of B. braunii was 63% with 0.04 mM nitrate. However, the maximum lipid productivity of 0.019 g L(-1) day(-1) was achieved with 0.37 mM nitrate. The level of oleic acid, an important component of biodiesel, was higher at 86% of the total fatty acids under N-limited conditions (0.04 mM nitrate) compared to 69% under N-sufficient conditions (3.66 mM nitrate). Furthermore, expression of the stearoyl-ACP desaturase gene (sad) encoding a stearoyl-ACP desaturase involved in the synthesis of oleic acid was 2.6-fold higher under N-limited conditions than under N-sufficient conditions.
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