Creating a Collection of Microalgae for use in Biofuels Research
Abstract
Microalgae can either directly produce renewable fuel molecules or they can produce precursor molecules that can be processed for generation of jet fuel. The term microalgae describes a very diverse group of thousands of organisms with different metabolic properties. For this reason a variety of freshwater, brackish, marine, and hypersaline habitats was sampled at different times during the past year to isolate new miroalgae strains for future screening regarding their capabilities of production of metabolites for jet fuel production. In an 11 month effort the goal to isolate 150 new unialgal strains was achieved. About 60 more samples are at the stage of 2 to 3 microalgal strains per sample. In addition, a large number of enrichment cultures was generated that is currently being used to isolate more strains. Screening efforts are under way to identify the lipid content of novel strains.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 25, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA484668
Entities
People
- J. Polle
Organizations
- City University of New York