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...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature (London) Jg. 488; H. 7411; S. 329 - 335
Hauptverfasser: Georgianna, D. Ryan, Mayfield, Stephen P.
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: London Nature Publishing Group UK 16.08.2012
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Agricultural land
Agricultural production
Algae
Aquaculture - methods
Arable land
Availability
Biodiesel fuels
Biofuels
Biofuels - supply & distribution
Biology
Biomass
Biomass energy
Bioreactors
Biosynthetic Pathways - genetics
Biotechnology - methods
Capital costs
Carbon dioxide
Climate change
Competition
Economics
Emissions
Fermentation
Fuels
Genetic Engineering - methods
Humanities and Social Sciences
Industrial development
Industrial production
Kelp - isolation & purification
Kelp - metabolism
Kelp - microbiology
Lipids
Lipids - analysis
Lipids - biosynthesis
Lipids - chemistry
Mathematical analysis
Microalgae - genetics
Microalgae - growth & development
Microalgae - isolation & purification
Microalgae - metabolism
Microalgae - microbiology
Moisture content
multidisciplinary
Organisms
Phenotype
Photosynthesis - physiology
Photosynthesis - radiation effects
Recycling
Renewable resources
Reserves
review-article
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Studies
Sugar
Synthetic biology
Technological change
United States
United States > US
ISSN:0028-0836, 1476-4687, 1476-4687
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Zusammenfassung: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.
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ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/nature11479