Microalgal triacylglycerols as feedstocks for biofuel production: Perspectives and advances

Plant Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 621-639

  Hu, Qiang ^a   Sommerfeld, Milton ^a   Jarvis, Eric ^b   Ghirardi, Maria ^b   Posewitz, Matthew ^c   Seibert, Michael ^b   Darzins, Al ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NSF Engineering Research Center for Reinventing the Nation s Urban Water Infrastructure   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Fatty acids; Lipids; Microalgae; Triacylglycerol

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; ALGAL PROTEIN; FATTY ACID; GASOLINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALGA; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ACETYL-COA CARBOXYLASE; ALGAE; ALGAL PROTEINS; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; FATTY ACIDS; GASOLINE; GENOMICS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

EID: 43549102657     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03492.x     Document Type: Review

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