A green light for engineered algae: redirecting metabolism to fuel a biotechnology revolution

TL;DR: Rapidly developing system-level “omics” analyses, which are both sensitive and quantitative, along with the availability of systems biology models will provide useful insights for the genetic engineering of marine microalgae to further optimize bioenergy production.

TL;DR: Contrary to common observations for dinoflagellate culture, P. lima CCAP 1136/11 was found to be able to withstand increased sparging within the culture system, resulting in concomitant increased of growth and production of OA, DTX1 and peridinin.

TL;DR: The recent research in the production of bioethanol, biogas, biomethanol, biodiesel, and biohydrogen has been discussed in this chapter.

TL;DR: This paper presents a meta-analyses of the phytochemical and toxicological properties of polymethine and its application in the context of food and fuel safety and quality.

TL;DR: The first use of microalgae by humans dates back 2000 years to the Chinese, who used Nostoc to survive during famine, while future research should focus on the improvement of production systems and the genetic modification of strains.

TL;DR: The biotechnology of microalgae has gained considerable importance in recent decades and this group of organisms represents one of the most promising sources for new products and applications.

TL;DR: The Aquatic Species Program (ASP) as mentioned in this paper was a relatively small research effort intended to look at the use of aquatic plants as sources of energy, with an emphasis on algae for biodiesel production.

TL;DR: In this article, the main groups of algae (divisions or phyla) are considered in turn, and the final chapter is a synthesis, in which the phylogeny of the algae is discussed in relation to the evolution of other living organisms.