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Lipid Production from Nannochloropsis

Microalgae are sunlight-driven green cell factories for the production of potential bioactive products and biofuels. Nannochloropsis represents a genus of marine microalgae with high photosynthetic efficiency and can convert carbon dioxide to storage lipids mainly in the form of triacylglycerols and...

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Autores principales: Ma, Xiao-Nian, Chen, Tian-Peng, Yang, Bo, Liu, Jin, Chen, Feng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4849066/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27023568
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md14040061
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author Ma, Xiao-Nian
Chen, Tian-Peng
Yang, Bo
Liu, Jin
Chen, Feng
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description Microalgae are sunlight-driven green cell factories for the production of potential bioactive products and biofuels. Nannochloropsis represents a genus of marine microalgae with high photosynthetic efficiency and can convert carbon dioxide to storage lipids mainly in the form of triacylglycerols and to the ω-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). Recently, Nannochloropsis has received ever-increasing interests of both research and public communities. This review aims to provide an overview of biology and biotechnological potential of Nannochloropsis, with the emphasis on lipid production. The path forward for the further exploration of Nannochloropsis for lipid production with respect to both challenges and opportunities is also discussed.
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spelling pubmed-48490662016-05-03 Lipid Production from Nannochloropsis Ma, Xiao-Nian Chen, Tian-Peng Yang, Bo Liu, Jin Chen, Feng Mar Drugs Review Microalgae are sunlight-driven green cell factories for the production of potential bioactive products and biofuels. Nannochloropsis represents a genus of marine microalgae with high photosynthetic efficiency and can convert carbon dioxide to storage lipids mainly in the form of triacylglycerols and to the ω-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). Recently, Nannochloropsis has received ever-increasing interests of both research and public communities. This review aims to provide an overview of biology and biotechnological potential of Nannochloropsis, with the emphasis on lipid production. The path forward for the further exploration of Nannochloropsis for lipid production with respect to both challenges and opportunities is also discussed. MDPI 2016-03-25 /pmc/articles/PMC4849066/ /pubmed/27023568 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md14040061 Text en © 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons by Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Ma, Xiao-Nian
Chen, Tian-Peng
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Lipid Production from Nannochloropsis
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title_short Lipid Production from Nannochloropsis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4849066/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27023568
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md14040061
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