Microalgae for Oil: Strain Selection, Induction of Lipid Synthesis and Outdoor Mass Cultivation in a Low-Cost Photobioreactor 

 -  Biotechnology and BioEngineering, 102(1), p.100-112, 2009 .
<br/><br/> Thirty microalgal strains were screened in the laboratory for their biomass productivity and lipid content. Four strains (two marine and two freshwater), selected because robust, highly productive and with a relatively high lipid content, were cultivated under nitrogen deprivation in 0.6-L bubbled tubes. Only the two marine microalgae accumulated lipid under such conditions. One of them, the eustigmatophyte Nannochloropsis sp. FM-M24, which attained 60 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>MICROALGAE MASS CULTURE<br/>RENEWABLE FUELS<br/>BIODIESEL<br/>NUTRIENT DEPRIVATION<br/>NANNOCHLOROPSIS<br/>GREEN WALL PANEL (GWP)