Screening transesterifiable lipid accumulating bacteria from sewage sludge for biodiesel production

Screening transesterifiable lipid accumulating bacteria from sewage sludge for biodiesel production

Sewage sludge was evaluated as high available and low cost microbial oils feedstock for biodiesel production. Samples from four different wastewater treatment plants from La Araucanía Region in Southern Chile presented total lipids content ranging between 7.7 and 12.6%, being Vilcún sewage sludge th...

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Main Authors: Mara Cea, Naiane Sangaletti-Gerhard, Pedro Acuña, Idi Fuentes, Milko Jorquera, Karina Godoy, Francisco Osses, Rodrigo Navia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-12-01
Series:Biotechnology Reports
Subjects:
Activated sludge
Bacillus sp.
Biodiesel
Lipids
Fatty acid methyl esters
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215017X15000624

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