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More than biofuels – Potential uses of microalgae as sources of high-value lipids

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posted on 2023-05-21, 21:09 authored by Lee Chang, KJ, Nichols, PD, Blackburn, SI
Cultivation of microalgae has potential in producing a feedstock for biofuels and, in addition, high-value lipid bioproducts such as long-chain (≥C20, LC) omega-3 oils, carotenoid pigments and squalene, as well as other non-lipid materials including exopolysaccharide. The high-value LC omega-3 oils have been conventionally sourced from fish. This paper provides a perspective on our recent study of the heterotrophic growth of thraustochytrids for their wider biotechnological potential, including as a source of a range of higher value lipids in addition to biofuels.

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Publication title

Lipid Technology

Volume

25

Issue

9

Pagination

199-203

ISSN

0956-666X

Department/School

School of Natural Sciences

Publisher

Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA

Place of publication

Weinheim, Germany

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Copyright 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim

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Socio-economic Objectives

Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences

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