Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 110, Issue -, Pages 474-479Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.01.091
Keywords
Biofuel; Botryococcus braunii; Hydrocarbon production; Light intensity; Lipid production
Funding
- Core Research of Evolutional Science and Technology program (CREST) from the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
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Optimization of the light conditions for biofuel production by the microalga Botryococcus braunii BOT-22 (race B) was performed using monochromatic red light. The lipid and sugar contents were approximately 40% and 20-30% of the cell dry weight, respectively, and about half of the lipids were liquid hydrocarbons. The half-saturation intensities for the production rate of lipids, hydrocarbons, and sugars were 63, 49, and 44 mu mol m(-2) s(-1), respectively. Fluorescence microscopic images of Nile Red-stained cells showed an increased number of intracellular neutral lipid granules due to increased light intensity. After 16 days of incubation in the dark, lipid and sugar, but not hydrocarbon content decreased. Growth, metabolite production. and photosynthesis were saturated at 100, 200 and 1000 mu mol m(-2) s(-1), respectively. These results indicate that photosynthetically captured energy is not used efficiently for metabolite production: thus, improvements in metabolic regulation may increase hydrocarbon production. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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