Low-phosphate-selected Auxenochlorella protothecoides redirects phosphate to essential pathways while producing more biomass.

Despite the capacity to accumulate ~70% w/w of lipids, commercially produced unicellular green alga A. protothecoides may become compromised due to the high cost of phosphate fertilizers. To address this limitation A. protothecoides was selected for adaptation to conditions of 100× and 5× lower phos...

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Main Authors: Sang-Hyuck Park, John Kyndt, Kapeel Chougule, Jeong-Jin Park, Judith K Brown
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6007911?pdf=render