Seawater-cultured Botryococcus braunii for efficient hydrocarbon extraction.

As a potential source of biofuel, the green colonial microalga Botryococcus braunii produces large amounts of hydrocarbons that are accumulated in the extracellular matrix. Generally, pretreatment such as drying or heating of wet algae is needed for sufficient recoveries of hydrocarbons from B. brau...

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Main Authors: Kenichi Furuhashi, Kiyotaka Saga, Shigeru Okada, Kenji Imou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3682974?pdf=render