Use of the dinoflagellate Karlodinium veneficum as a sustainable source of biodiesel production
2009
Fuentes-Grünewald, Claudio | Garcés, Esther | Rossi, Sergio | Camp, Jordi
10 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables
Show more [+] Less [-]Microalgae are microscopic heterotrophic–autotrophic photosynthesizing organisms with enormous potential as a source of biofuel. Dinoflagellates, a class of microalgae, contain large amounts of high-quality lipids, the principal component of fatty acid methyl esters. The biotic characteristics of the dinoflagellate species Karlodinium veneficum include a growth rate of 0.14 day−1, a wet biomass of 16.4 g/L, a growth period of approximately 30 days, and an approximate 97% increase in fatty acid content during the transition from exponential phase to stationary phase. These parameters make K. veneficum a suitable choice as a bioresource for biodiesel production. Similarly, two other species were also determined to be appropriate for biodiesel production: the Dinophyceae Alexandrium andersoni and the Raphidophyte Heterosigma akashiwo
Show more [+] Less [-]This study was funded by the Departament de Medi Ambient, CSIC, Generalitat de Catalunya, through the contract "Plà de vigilància nociu I toxic a la costa Catalana". We also thank the Comisión Nacional de Investigación Ciencia y Tecnología (CONICYT) Chile, for its support of the scholarship "Beca de Gestión Propia", which Wnances the PhD studies of C. Fuentes-Grünewald. The work of E. Garcés and S. Rossi was supported by the Ramón y Cajal award of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation
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