Endophytic Fungi as a Source of Biofuel Precursors
2011
Santos-Fo, Florisvaldo C., Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil | Fill, Taicia Pacheco, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil | Nakamura, Joanita, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil | Monteiro, Marcos Roberto, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil | Rodrigues-Fo, Edson, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil
Endophytic fungi, isolated from a number of different species of tropical plants, were investigated for lipid biodiesel precursor production. The extracts produced from liquid cultures of these fungi were subjected to acid-catalyzed transesterification reactions with methanol producing methyl esters and then analyzed through chromatographic (GC-FID) and spectrometric techniques (MS, NMR ¹H). The European Standard Method, EN 14103, was used for the quantification of methyl esters extracted from the fungi of the species and genera studied. Xylariaceous fungi exhibited the highest concentrations of methyl esters (91%), and hence may be a promising source for biofuel.
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