Botryococcus braunii: a renewable source of hydrocarbons and other chemicals. Export

@article{citeulike:1898808, abstract = {Botryococcus braunii, a green colonial microalga, is an unusually rich renewable source of hydrocarbons and other chemicals. Hydrocarbons can constitute up to 75\% of the dry mass of B. braunii. This review details the various facets of biotechnology of B. braunii, including its microbiology and physiology; production of hydrocarbons and other compounds by the alga; methods of culture; downstream recovery and processing of algal hydrocarbons; and cloning of the algal genes into other microorganisms. B. braunii converts simple inorganic compounds and sunlight to potential hydrocarbon fuels and feedstocks for the chemical industry. Microorganisms such as B. braunii can, in the long run, reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and because of this B. braunii continues to attract much attention.}, address = {Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Punjab, India.}, author = {Banerjee, A. and Sharma, R. and Chisti, Y. and Banerjee, U. C.}, citeulike-article-id = {1898808}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12405558}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=12405558}, issn = {0738-8551}, journal = {Crit Rev Biotechnol}, keywords = {bioenergy, biofuel, botryococcus}, number = {3}, pages = {245--279}, posted-at = {2007-11-11 14:26:47}, priority = {2}, title = {Botryococcus braunii: a renewable source of hydrocarbons and other chemicals.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12405558}, volume = {22}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1898808 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1898808 N2 - Botryococcus braunii, a green colonial microalga, is an unusually rich renewable source of hydrocarbons and other chemicals. Hydrocarbons can constitute up to 75% of the dry mass of B. braunii. This review details the various facets of biotechnology of B. braunii, including its microbiology and physiology; production of hydrocarbons and other compounds by the alga; methods of culture; downstream recovery and processing of algal hydrocarbons; and cloning of the algal genes into other microorganisms. B. braunii converts simple inorganic compounds and sunlight to potential hydrocarbon fuels and feedstocks for the chemical industry. Microorganisms such as B. braunii can, in the long run, reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and because of this B. braunii continues to attract much attention. IS - 3 JF - Crit Rev Biotechnol SN - 0738-8551 AD - Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Punjab, India. EP - 279 TI - Botryococcus braunii: a renewable source of hydrocarbons and other chemicals. VL - 22 SP - 245 KW - bioenergy KW - biofuel KW - botryococcus AU - Banerjee, A AU - Sharma, R AU - Chisti, Y AU - Banerjee, UC PY - 2002/// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12405558 ER -