BioChem - DOS

Composition and Potential Products from Auxenochlorella protothecoides, Chlorella sorokiniana and Chlorella vulgaris

Industrial biotechnology

Lane, Christopher D.; Coury, Daniel A.; Allnutt, F.C. Thomas

<P><B>Abstract</B></P><P><I>The compositions of three microalgal strains that have potential as biofuel feedstocks were evaluated to investigate how their biomass could be best utilized in a portfolio of products in an algal biofuel biorefinery. These strains,</I> Chlorella vulgaris, Chlorella sorokiniana <I>and</I> Auxenochlorella (Chlorella) protothecoides<I>, can grow both heterotrophically and phototrophically. An underlying principle of this project was that a continuous and maximally productive growth system will be required for commercial-scale production of algal biomass. Alternatively, a two-stage, mixed trophic state production process could be utilized to achieve this goal. For this reason, our research focused on these strains grown phototrophically to produce biomass and grown heterotrophically with nitrogen stressing to induce lipid production. The compositions reported in this work should be reflective of what is possible in continuous phototrophic or heterotrophic systems or in a two-stage mixed trophic system that are envisioned for scaled production biorefineries.</I></P>

2017

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

1550-9087

13

5

pp.270-276

10.1089/ind.2017.0015

http://click.ndsl.kr/servlet/OpenAPIDetailView?keyValue=05787966&target=NART&cn=NART89685702

bioproducts; biofuels; algae; protein; lipid; secondary product