Ecological engineering helps maximize function in algal oil production
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Algal biofuels are one of the more promising forms of renewable energy. In our study, we investigate whether ecological interactions between species of microalgae regulate two important factors in cultivation-the biomass of the crop produced and the quality of the biomass that is produced. We found that species interactions often improved production yields, especially the fatty acid content of the algal biomass, and that differentially expressed genes involved in fatty acid metabolism are predictive of improved quality metrics of bio-oil. Other studies have found that diversity often improves productivity and stability in agricultural and natural ecosystems. Our results provide further evidence that growing multispecies crops of microalgae may improve the production of high-quality biomass for bio-oil.
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Microalgae may improve the yield of high-quality biomass for producing biobased fuels that can be commercially used for airplanes and vehicles.
“Microalgae may improve the yield of high-quality biomass for producing biobased fuels that can be commercially used for airplanes and vehicles [57].”
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The Abstract (page not available) reports that multispecies microalgae may improve yields of high-quality biomass for bio-oil. It does not establish that the resulting fuels can be commercially used in airplanes or vehicles; instead, it says current growing methods fail to meet standards for economical industrial use. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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- Authors
- Jackrel, S. L., Narwani, A., Bentlage, B., Levine, R. B., Hietala, D. C., Savage, P. E., Oakley, T. H., Denef, V. J., & Cardinale, B. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Michigan (US)
- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (CH)
- University of Guam (GU)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Publisher
- American Society for Microbiology
- Published
- 2018-08
- Volume
- 84
- Issue
- 15
- ISSN
- 0099-2240 (ISSN-L)
- 1098-5336
- PMC
- PMC6052273
- OpenAlex
- W2804696295
- Cited by
- 11
- References
- 64
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2
- FWCI
- 0.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DORA Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation (DEB-1046121, EFRI-PSBR #1332343)
- 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
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Bioenergy crop production and management
- Keywords
- microalgae, algal biofuels, ecological engineering, species interactions, fatty acid content, bio-oil quality, fatty acid metabolism, differentially expressed genes, biomass yield, ecological diversity
- MeSH terms
- Chlorophyta, Ecology, Fatty Acids, Genetic Engineering, Gene Expression, Lipid Metabolism, Biofuels
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