{"id":384,"date":"2007-02-21T20:25:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-21T20:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oilgae.com\/blog\/?p=384"},"modified":"2007-02-21T20:25:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-21T20:25:00","slug":"commercial-applications-of-microalgae_21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/commercial-applications-of-microalgae_21.html","title":{"rendered":"Commercial Applications of Microalgae – Journal of Bioscience & Bioengineering"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Do you know that oil derived from algae<\/b> is an exciting renewable fuel possibility? – see Oilgae<\/a><\/b> for more.<\/p>\n

Commercial Applications of Microalgae<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pauline Spolaore1)2), Claire Joannis-Cassan1), Elie Duran2) and Ars\u00e8ne Isambert1)
1) Laboratoire de G\u00e9nie des Proc\u00e9d\u00e9s et Mat\u00e9riaux, Ecole Centrale Paris2) Evaflor
(Received 22-Jul-2005)(Accepted 28-Oct-2005)<\/p>\n

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Vol. 101 (2006) , No. 2 p.87-96<\/p>\n

Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first use of microalgae by humans dates back 2000 years to the Chinese, who used Nostoc to survive during famine. However, microalgal biotechnology only really began to develop in the middle of the last century. Nowadays, there are numerous commercial applications of microalgae. For example, (i) microalgae can be used to enhance the nutritional value of food and animal feed owing to their chemical composition, (ii) they play a crucial role in aquaculture and (iii) they can be incorporated into cosmetics. Moreover, they are cultivated as a source of highly valuable molecules. For example, polyunsaturated fatty acid oils are added to infant formulas and nutritional supplements and pigments are important as natural dyes. Stable isotope biochemicals help in structural determination and metabolic studies. Future research should focus on the improvement of production systems and the genetic modification of strains. Microalgal products would in that way become even more diversified and economically competitive.
Key words: microalgae, carotenoids, phycobiliproteins, polyunsaturated fatty acids<\/p>\n

Source link and download for PDF report here<\/a><\/p>\n

Nature gave us<\/a> oil from algae; perhaps we should try<\/a> Nature’s way again<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Oilgae – Oil & Biodiesel from Algae<\/a><\/b>
Oilgae Blog<\/a><\/b>; The complete list of Oilgae Blog articles<\/a><\/b>.
algOS – Biodiesel from Algae Open Source<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

About Oilgae – Oilgae – Oil & Biodiesel from Algae<\/a><\/b> has a focus on biodiesel production from algae while also discussing alternative energy in general. Algae present an exciting possibility as a feedstock for biodiesel, and when you realise that oil was originally formed from algae – among other related plants – you think “Hey! Why not oil again from algae!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You are at: Oilgae Blog. See the complete list of Oilgae Blog articles. Do you know that oil derived from algae is an exciting renewable fuel possibility? – see Oilgae for more. Commercial Applications of Microalgae Pauline Spolaore1)2), Claire Joannis-Cassan1), Elie Duran2) and Ars\u00e8ne Isambert1)1) Laboratoire de G\u00e9nie des Proc\u00e9d\u00e9s et Mat\u00e9riaux, Ecole Centrale Paris2) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oilgae.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}