Association with an ammonium-excreting bacterium allows diazotrophic culture of oil-rich eukaryotic microalgae.

ABSTRACT: Concerns regarding the depletion of the world's reserves of oil and global climate change have promoted an intensification of research and development toward the production of biofuels and other alternative sources of energy during the last years. There is currently much interest in developing the technology for third-generation biofuels from microalgal biomass mainly because of its potential for high yields and reduced land use changes in comparison with biofuels derived from plant feedstocks. Regardless of the nature of the feedstock, the use of fertilizers, especially nitrogen, entails a potential economic and environmental drawback for the sustainability of biofuel production. In this work, we have studied the possibility of nitrogen biofertilization by diazotrophic bacteria applied to

SUBMITTER: Ortiz-Marquez JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3302628 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature