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Research on the biodiversity of Western Siberia microalgae for third-generation biofuel production processes

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Approaches are considered for the search for novel sources of non-food, renewable raw materials for third-generation biofuel production, namely, microalgae strains inhabiting natural systems of Western Siberia. This regional biodiversity survey is of great interest in connection with the vast habitat areal and the limited research on the properties of microalgae. During the work, a number of strains was isolated; one of them, Chlorella spp. A1125, has the necessary characteristics for cultivation in a pilot photobioreactor, including a maximum lipid productivity of 0.081 g/L (23% of the dry cell weight) with growth in minimal media. The strain is characterized by the content of both saturated fatty acids C16:0 (25%) and unsaturated fatty acids C16:2 (16%) and C18:2 (27%), making it a promising candidate for the third-generation biofuel production.

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  1. Institute for Cytology and Genetics, Siberia Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia

    K. N. Sorokina, A. V. Bryanskaya, E. A. Demidov, N. A. Kolchanov & S. E. Pel’tek

  2. Boreskov Institute for Catalysis, Siberia Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia

    A. V. Piligaev, K. N. Sorokina, R. G. Kukushkin & V. N. Parmov

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Piligaev, K.N. Sorokina, A.V. Bryanskaya, E.A. Demidov, R.G. Kukushkin, N.A. Kolchanov, V.N. Parmov, S.E. Pel’tek, 2013, published in Vavilovskii Zhurnal Genetiki i Selektsii, 2013, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 359–367.

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Piligaev, A.V., Sorokina, K.N., Bryanskaya, A.V. et al. Research on the biodiversity of Western Siberia microalgae for third-generation biofuel production processes. Russ J Genet Appl Res 3, 487–492 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2079059713060075

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