Prospects for microbial biodiesel production
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2011

As the demand for biofuels for transportation is increasing, it is necessary to develop technologies that will allow for low-cost production of biodiesel. Conventional biodiesel is mainly produced from vegetable oil by chemical transesterification. This production, however, has relatively low land-yield and is competing for agricultural land that can be used for food production. Therefore, there is an increasing interest in developing microbial fermentation processes for production of biodiesel as this will allow for the use of a wide range of raw-materials, including sugar cane, corn, and biomass. Production of biodiesel by microbial fermentation can be divided into two different approaches, (1) indirect biodiesel production from oleaginous microbes by in vitro transesterification, and (2) direct biodiesel production from redesigned cell factories. This work reviews both microbial approaches for renewable biodiesel production and evaluates the existing challenges in these two strategies.

production

biofuel

Fatty acids

storage lipids

Metabolic engineering

opacus strain pd630

Systems biology

engineering microbes

gamma-linolenic acid

Microbial biodiesel

Biofuel

saccharomyces-cerevisiae

oleaginous microorganisms

fuel properties

systems biology

single-cell oil

Författare

Shuobo Shi

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Livsvetenskaper

Juan Octavio Valle Rodriguez

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Livsvetenskaper

Verena Siewers

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Livsvetenskaper

Jens B Nielsen

Chalmers, Kemi- och bioteknik, Livsvetenskaper

Biotechnology journal

1860-6768 (ISSN) 1860-7314 (eISSN)

Vol. 6 3 277-285

Drivkrafter

Hållbar utveckling

Ämneskategorier

Industriell bioteknik

Styrkeområden

Energi

Livsvetenskaper och teknik (2010-2018)

DOI

10.1002/biot.201000117

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2019-07-17