Wednesday, 24 November 2010

Algae to be considered

Posted by Stella

Algae (as opposed to other plants) are a natural choice for maximum-yield biofuels because they: 
  1. intrinsically offer the greatest flux tolerance and photosynthetic efficiency as a consequence of a minimum of internally competitive plant functions, 
  2. enjoy fast reproductive cycles, 
  3. have limited nutrient requirements, and 
  4. can readily be exposed to temporal and spectral irradiation distributions and intensities that are not encountered in nature but are optimal for bioproductivity via cleverly crafted photonic systems.
Those most widely utilized for current commercial applications belong to the genera Chlamydomonas, Chlorella, Haematococcus, and Dunaliella

Diatoms, a group of silicon-rich microalgae, and prokaryotic cyanobacteria also offer substantial opportunities for metabolic engineering and biotechnology.

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