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Aquatic phototrophs: efficient alternatives to land-based crops for biofuels
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To mitigate some of the potentially deleterious environmental and agricultural consequences associated with current land-based-biofuel feedstocks, we propose the use of biofuels derived from aquatic microbial oxygenic photoautotrophs (AMOPs), more commonly known as cyanobacteria, algae, and diatoms. Herein we review their demonstrated productivity in mass culturing and aspects of their physiology that are particularly attractive for integration into renewable biofuel applications. Compared with terrestrial crops, AMOPs are inherently more efficient solar collectors, use less or no land, can be converted to liquid fuels using simpler technologies than cellulose, and offer secondary uses that fossil fuels do not provide. AMOPs pose a new set of technological challenges if they are to contribute as biofuel feedstocks.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Dismukes, G. C., Carrieri, D., Bennette, N., Ananyev, G. M., & Posewitz, M. C.
- Affiliations
- Princeton University (US)
- Colorado School of Mines (US)
- Corresponding author
- Dismukes, G Charles
- Venue
- Current Opinion in Biotechnology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008-06
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 235-240
- ISSN
- 0958-1669 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2101715504
- Semantic Scholar
- 69017d0f8c8f419259b453280f4f99fce35bb8c2
- Cited by
- 733
- References
- 42
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 2.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Current Opinion in Biotechnology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Algal biology and biofuel production
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Keywords
- cyanobacteria, algae, diatoms, biofuels, biofuel feedstock, microalgae cultivation, solar energy conversion, land use efficiency, liquid fuels
- MeSH terms
- Cyanobacteria, Bioelectric Energy Sources, Biotechnology, Energy-Generating Resources, Diatoms, Aquaculture, Phototrophic Processes, Eukaryota
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