The oleaginous astaxanthin-producing alga Chromochloris zofingiensis: potential from production to an emerging model for studying lipid metabolism and carotenogenesis
Abstract The algal lipids-based biodiesel, albeit having advantages over plant oils, still remains high in the production cost. Co-production of value-added products with lipids has the potential to add benefits and is thus believed to be a promising strategy to improve the production economics of a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-05-01
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Series: | Biotechnology for Biofuels |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-021-01969-z |