Exploiting diversity and synthetic biology for the production of algal biofuels.
Modern life is intimately linked to the availability of fossil fuels, which continue to meet the world's growing energy needs even though their use drives climate change, exhausts finite reserves and contributes to global political strife. Biofuels made from renewable resources could be a more sustainable alternative, particularly if sourced from organisms, such as algae, that can be farmed without using valuable arable land. Strain development and process engineering are needed to make algal biofuels practical and economically viable.
San Diego Center for Algae Biotechnology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, USA.
D Ryan
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Georgianna
Stephen P
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Mayfield
D017756:Aquaculture / Q000379:methods; D056804:Biofuels / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D018533:Biomass; D019149:Bioreactors; D053898:Biosynthetic Pathways / Q000235:genetics; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D005818:Genetic Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D044423:Kelp / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D058086:Microalgae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology; D010641:Phenotype; D010788:Photosynthesis / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects; D059027:Recycling
D056804:Biofuels; D008055:Lipids