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JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 36, Issue 9, Pages 1215-1224Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1007/s10295-009-0602-3
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Biodiesel; Dinoflagellates; Karlodinium veneficum; Lipids; Microalgae
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- Departament de Medi Ambient, CSIC
- Generalitat de Catalunya
- Comision Nacional de Investigacion Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONICYT) Chile
- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation
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Microalgae are microscopic heterotrophic-autotrophic photosynthesizing organisms with enormous potential as a source of biofuel. Dinoflagellates, a class of microalgae, contain large amounts of high-quality lipids, the principal component of fatty acid methyl esters. The biotic characteristics of the dinoflagellate species Karlodinium veneficum include a growth rate of 0.14 day(-1), a wet biomass of 16.4 g/L, a growth period of approximately 30 days, and an approximate 97% increase in fatty acid content during the transition from exponential phase to stationary phase. These parameters make K. veneficum a suitable choice as a bioresource for biodiesel production. Similarly, two other species were also determined to be appropriate for biodiesel production: the Dinophyceae Alexandrium andersoni and the Raphidophyte Heterosigma akashiwo.
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