Microbial Biodiesel Production by Direct Transesterification of Rhodotorula glutinis Biomass

(1) Background: Lipids derived from oleaginous microbes have become promising alternative feedstocks for biodiesel. This is mainly because the lipid production rate from microbes is one to two orders of magnitude higher than those of energy crops. However, the conventional process for converting the...

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Main Authors: I-Ching Kuan, Wei-Chen Kao, Chun-Ling Chen, Chi-Yang Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-04-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/5/1036