Progress towards a targeted biorefinery of Chromochloris zofingiensis: a review.

ABSTRACT: Biorefinery approaches offer the potential to improve the economics of the microalgae industry by producing multiple products from a single source of biomass. Chromochloris zofingiensis shows great promise for biorefinery due to high biomass productivity and a diverse range of products including secondary carotenoids, predominantly astaxanthin; lipids such as TAGs; carbohydrates including starch; and proteins and essential amino acids. Whilst this species has been demonstrated to accumulate multiple products, the development of an integrated downstream process to obtain these is lacking. The objective of this review paper is to assess the research that has taken place and to identify the steps that must be taken to establish a biorefinery approach for C. zofingiensis. In part

SUBMITTER: Wood EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10948469 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature