Exploiting diversity and synthetic biology for the production of algal biofuels

D. Ryan Georgianna and Stephen P. Mayfield ()
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D. Ryan Georgianna: San Diego Center for Algae Biotechnology (SD-CAB), University of California San Diego
Stephen P. Mayfield: San Diego Center for Algae Biotechnology (SD-CAB), University of California San Diego

Nature, 2012, vol. 488, issue 7411, 329-335

Abstract: Abstract 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.

Date: 2012
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