Exploiting diversity and synthetic biology for the production of algal biofuels

Nature

Volumn 488, Issue 7411, 2012, Pages 329-335

  Ryan Georgianna, D ^a   Mayfield, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; FATTY ACID ESTER; FOSSIL FUEL; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALGA; ARABLE LAND; BIOFUEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY USE; FOSSIL FUEL; OIL PRODUCTION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURAL SPECIES; AGRICULTURE; ALGA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOENGINEERING; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; RECYCLING; RENEWABLE ENERGY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

AQUACULTURE; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; KELP; LIPIDS; MICROALGAE; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RECYCLING;

EID: 84865142852     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11479     Document Type: Review

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