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Min KJ, Oh DY, Park KY. Field test of water-net based wastewater treatment for nutrient removal and bioethanol production. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 301:134791. [PMID: 35508263 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2022] [Revised: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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In this study, an open pond constructed in Myanmar, a region with tropical climate and favorable environmental conditions for algae growth, was considered to conduct field experiments on sewage inflow river water. The nutrient removal efficiency and productivity of Hydrodictyon reticulatum (H. reticulatum) were analyzed, and the maximum fermentation limit concentration for bioethanol production was determined. Three ponds were operated in batch mode to investigate the effect of light intensity. Photoinhibition was caused due to excessive light intensity in summer season in the region with tropical climate resulting in reduced facility efficiency in the absence of shade. For light blocking, a transparent film was found to be more effective than a translucent film. In the transparent film shading facility, the nitrogen and phosphorus removal efficiencies were maintained above 76% and 81%, respectively, and the productivity of H. reticulatum was 2.27 g m-2 d-1. For a raceway open pond facility shaded with transparent film, the performance was evaluated based on hydraulic retention time (HRT), and the productivity of algae was found to increase with increasing supply of nitrogen and phosphorous. Maximum biomass production of 3.21 g m-2 d-1 was observed with an HRT of 3 d, suggesting the possibility of long-term operation. As a result of evaluating the ethanol production based on the initial concentration of H. reticulatum, the yield of bioethanol at the initial reducing sugar content of 120 g L-1 was 89.4%, but bioethanol production was only 8.9 g L-1.
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- Kyung Jin Min
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Konkuk University, Neungdong-ro 120, Gwangjin-Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Konkuk University, Neungdong-ro 120, Gwangjin-Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Konkuk University, Neungdong-ro 120, Gwangjin-Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Miah MM, Haque ME, Bell RW, Rahman MW, Akhter S, Hossain MB. Availability and utilisation pattern of agricultural waste at household level in selected areas of Bangladesh. WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH : THE JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOLID WASTES AND PUBLIC CLEANSING ASSOCIATION, ISWA 2022; 40:1277-1284. [PMID: 34894886 DOI: 10.1177/0734242x211064416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The use of organic fertilisers and soil amendments are almost universally recommended for improving the organic matter levels and maintaining soil health, but few studies documenting the actual availability and quality of such materials on smallholder farms are available. We selected a case study of 300 households from northern and southern Bangladesh to assess the types of waste materials available for recycling and their usage patterns at household level and we applied a novel approach to empirically identify household waste as input inefficiency in a production context. Northern districts have highly intensive farming systems whereas southern districts have low intensity farming. The total amount of agricultural waste produced at household level was estimated at 822 kg per month. Cow dung contributed about 65% of the total waste followed by animal feed refusal waste (11%), garbage (7%) and kitchen waste (6%). Most of the farmers utilised cow dung and wastes as organic fertiliser and lesser amounts as cooking fuel. Econometric analysis shows that the number of cattle and small ruminant per holding, total area of cultivated land and family size were significant factors that influence the amount of waste production at household level. Each household can reduce the chemical fertiliser cost by Tk. 1463 (US$ 17.84) per month by using compost prepared from household waste. There were ample opportunities for compost/vermicomposting and potential markets. The Department of Agricultural Extension from the public sector and private sector agents might motivate farmers to harvest the potential benefits of agricultural waste through effective management and utilisation.
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- Ma Monayem Miah
- Agricultural Economics Division, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Gazipur, Bangladesh
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- Nutrient Management for Diversified Cropping in Bangladesh Project, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Sustainable Farming Systems, Future Food Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch WA, Australia
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- Soil Science Division, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Gazipur, Bangladesh
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Lee Y, Park R, Miller SM, Li Y. Genetic compensation of triacylglycerol biosynthesis in the green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 111:1069-1080. [PMID: 35727866 PMCID: PMC9545326 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Revised: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Genetic compensation has been proposed to explain phenotypic differences between gene knockouts and knockdowns in several metazoan and plant model systems. With the rapid development of reverse genetic tools such as CRISPR/Cas9 and RNAi in microalgae, it is increasingly important to assess whether genetic compensation affects the phenotype of engineered algal mutants. While exploring triacylglycerol (TAG) biosynthesis pathways in the model alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, it was discovered that knockout of certain genes catalyzing rate-limiting steps of TAG biosynthesis, type-2 diacylglycerol acyltransferase genes (DGTTs), triggered genetic compensation under abiotic stress conditions. Genetic compensation of a DGTT1 null mutation by a related PDAT gene was observed regardless of the strain background or mutagenesis approach, for example, CRISPR/Cas 9 or insertional mutagenesis. However, no compensation was found in the PDAT knockout mutant. The effect of PDAT knockout was evaluated in a Δvtc1 mutant, in which PDAT was upregulated under stress, resulting in a 90% increase in TAG content. Knockout of PDAT in the Δvtc1 background induced a 12.8-fold upregulation of DGTT1 and a 272.3% increase in TAG content in Δvtc1/pdat1 cells, while remaining viable. These data suggest that genetic compensation contributes to the genetic robustness of microalgal TAG biosynthetic pathways, maintaining lipid and redox homeostasis in the knockout mutants under abiotic stress. This work demonstrates examples of genetic compensation in microalgae, implies the physiological relevance of genetic compensation in TAG biosynthesis under stress, and provides guidance for future genetic engineering and mutant characterization efforts.
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- Yi‐Ying Lee
- Institute of Marine and Environmental TechnologyUniversity of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceBaltimoreMD21202USA
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- Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore CountyBaltimoreMD21250USA
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- Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore CountyBaltimoreMD21250USA
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- Institute of Marine and Environmental TechnologyUniversity of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceBaltimoreMD21202USA
- Department of Marine BiotechnologyUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore CountyBaltimoreMD21202USA
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Zheng G, Gu F, Cui Y, Lu L, Hu X, Wang L, Wang Y. A microfluidic droplet array demonstrating high-throughput screening in individual lipid-producing microalgae. Anal Chim Acta 2022; 1227:340322. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2022.340322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Revised: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Techno-Economic Evaluation of Phosphorous Recovery in Soybean Biodiesel Process. Processes (Basel) 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/pr10081512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The over-enrichment of phosphorus in waste streams can lead to eutrophication and oxygen limitations for aquatic life. To understand the release of phosphorus from a soybean processing facility, it is imperative to track the flow of phosphorus in different streams during the processing of soybeans. The objective of the study is to develop process simulation models to study the flow of phosphorus in the soy-biodiesel process and evaluate strategies to mitigate phosphorus release by recovering phosphorous from soapstock and wastewater. Since most of the P is found in soybean meal, the processing of which releases phosphorus, a third case of lecithin recovery was also studied to reduce the amount of phosphorous in soybean meal. It was observed that phosphorus can be economically recovered from the soapstock, as well as the wastewater stream, with an estimated operating cost of USD 1.65 and 3.62 per kg of phosphorous recovered, respectively. The phosphorus recovered from both streams can be potentially applied as fertilizer to more than 13,000 acres of corn or 96,000 acres of soybean, respectively. The lecithin recovery case was found to have the highest revenue, and it led to a 54% reduction in phosphorous during soybean meal processing.
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Mao L, Zhu Y, Ju C, Bao F, Xu C. Visualization and Bibliometric Analysis of Carbon Neutrality Research for Global Health. Front Public Health 2022; 10:896161. [PMID: 35874983 PMCID: PMC9298964 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.896161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The visual analysis of carbon neutrality research can help better understand the development of the research field and explore the difficulties and hot spots in the research, thus making contributions to “carbon emission reduction,” environmental protection and human health. This paper makes a visual quantitative analysis of 2,819 research papers published in top international journals from 2008 to 2021 in the WOS core database. It is found that China, the United States, Britain, and Germany are leading the way in carbon neutrality research. The research hotspots are mainly divided into three dimensions: (1) biomass energy and the negative effects it might bring; (2) ways and methods of electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide; (3) catalysts and catalytic environment. The research mainly went through the conceptual period of 1997–2007, the exploration period of bioenergy from 2008 to 2021, the criticized period of bioenergy sources from 2011 to 2013, and the carbon dioxide electroreduction period from 2013 to the present. In the future, the research direction of biomass energy is to find one kind of biomass energy source which can be stored in a low-carbon way, produced in large quantities at a low cost, and will not occupy forestland. The electrolysis of water to produce hydrogen and the synthesis of fuel with CO2 are two major research directions at present, whose aims are to find the suitable catalyst and environment for the reaction. Besides, more research can be done on “carbon neutrality” policies so as to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the source, develop a low-carbon economy and protect human health.
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- Linghao Mao
- School of Management Engineering and E-Business, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Foreign Languages, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Management Engineering and E-Business, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China.,Contemporary Business and Trade Research Center, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Management Engineering and E-Business, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China.,Contemporary Business and Trade Research Center, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China.,Academy of Zhejiang Culture Industry Innovation and Development, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Academy of Zhejiang Culture Industry Innovation and Development, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China.,School of Business Administration, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China
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Askari M, Jafari A, Esmaeilzadeh F, Khorram M, Mohammadi AH. Kinetic Study on Nannochloropsis Oculata's Lipid Extraction Using Supercritical CO 2 and n-Hexane for Biodiesel Production. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:23027-23040. [PMID: 35847244 PMCID: PMC9280941 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c04029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Biodiesel as a renewable fuel has attracted increasing attention in recent years. Microalgae biomass is becoming an attractive raw material for producing biodiesel using supercritical CO2 (SC-CO2) as a safe and environmentally friendly technique with high efficiency for lipid extraction. In this study, the lipid of Nannochloropsis oculata was extracted under different conditions of SC-CO2 to assess the kinetics of supercritical fluid extraction. The effective parameters on lipid extraction, including temperature, pressure, and the existence of n-hexane as a co-solvent, were investigated. The results show that an increase in temperature at low or high pressures causes the kinetic constant of lipid extraction to decrease or increase, respectively. Also, an increase in pressure causes the kinetic constant of lipid extraction to increase at low or high temperatures. The most yield and the most kinetic constant value during extraction with pure CO2 are about 0.262 [g extracted lipid/g microalgal biomass] and 0.062 min-1, respectively, at the highest pressure and temperature (i.e., 550 bar and 75 °C). Using SC-CO2 laced with n-hexane increases both the final yield and the rate of lipid extraction. Also, it improves the quality of the biodiesel fuel through the extraction of unsaturated fatty acids with a concentration of almost two times more than saturated fatty acids. Additionally, results reveal that the effect of adding n-hexane to CO2 in lipid extraction would be more efficient by increasing the temperature and lowering the pressure.
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- Mohammadreza Askari
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz 7193616511, Iran
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz 7193616511, Iran
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz 7193616511, Iran
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz 7193616511, Iran
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- Discipline
of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Howard College Campus, King George V Avenue, Durban 4041, South Africa
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Wu X, Li L, Lin S. Energy metabolism and genetic information processing mark major transitions in the life history of Scrippsiella acuminata (Dinophyceae). HARMFUL ALGAE 2022; 116:102248. [PMID: 35710202 DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2022.102248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2021] [Revised: 05/01/2022] [Accepted: 05/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Many dinoflagellates perform sexual reproduction and form cysts as a life history strategy to survive adverse environmental conditions and seed annual harmful algal blooms (HABs). The molecular mechanisms underpinning the life stage transitions can provide clues about how key environmental factors induce encystment and initiation of a HAB but are still poorly understood. Here, we conducted an integrated physiological and transcriptomic study to unravel the mechanisms in Scrippsiella acuminata. We established a culture from a bloom, induced cyst formation, and divided the process into four life stages. Transcriptomic analysis of these stages revealed 19,900 differentially expressed genes (DEGs). The expression of genes related to photosynthesis was significantly up-regulated from vegetative stage to immature cyst stage, consistent with the marked increase in cell contents of energy-storing macromolecules (carbohydrates and lipids). When proceeding to resting cysts, most photosynthesis genes were down-regulated while "genetic information processing" related genes were up-regulated. Comparing germinating cysts with resting cysts revealed 100 DEGs involved in energy metabolism, indicating a high energy requirement of germination. In addition, the transition from germinating cysts to vegetative cells featured up-regulation of photosynthesis. Our results demonstrate that energy storage and consumption play a pivotal role in cyst formation and germination respectively and genetic information processing is crucial in cyst dormancy.
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- Xiaomei Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, Groton, CT 06340, USA.
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A rare ω-8 fatty acid, cis-8,4,11-docosatrienoic acid rich microalgal strain isolated from a salt lake in Tibet Plateau. ALGAL RES 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2022.102767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Shi M, Yu L, Shi J, Liu J. A conserved MYB transcription factor is involved in regulating lipid metabolic pathways for oil biosynthesis in green algae. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2022; 235:576-594. [PMID: 35342951 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Green algae can accumulate high levels of triacylglycerol (TAG), yet knowledge remains fragmented on the regulation of lipid metabolic pathways by transcription factors (TFs). Here, via bioinformatics and in vitro and in vivo analyses, we revealed the roles of a myeloblastosis (MYB) TF in regulating TAG accumulation in green algae. CzMYB1, an R2R3-MYB from Chromochloris zofingiensis, was transcriptionally upregulated upon TAG-inducing conditions and correlated well with many genes involved in the de novo fatty acid synthesis, fatty acid activation and desaturation, membrane lipid turnover, and TAG assembly. Most promoters of these genes were transactivated by CzMYB1 in the yeast one-hybrid assay and contained the binding elements CNGTTA that were recognized by CzMYB1 through the electrophoretic mobility shift assay. CrMYB1, a close homologue of CzMYB1 from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii that recognized similar elements for binding, also transcriptionally correlated with many lipid metabolic genes. Insertional disruption of CrMYB1 severely suppressed the transcriptional expression of CrMYB1, as well as of key lipogenic genes, and impaired TAG level considerably under stress conditions. Our results reveal that this MYB, conserved in green algae, is involved in regulating global lipid metabolic pathways for TAG biosynthesis and accumulation.
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- Meicheng Shi
- Laboratory for Algae Biotechnology & Innovation, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Laboratory for Algae Biotechnology & Innovation, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Laboratory for Algae Biotechnology & Innovation, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Laboratory for Algae Biotechnology & Innovation, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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Cheah YT, Ng BW, Tan TL, Chia ZS, Chan DJC. Biomass and eicosapentaenoic acid production from Amphora sp. under different environmental and nutritional conditions. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2022; 70:568-580. [PMID: 35767864 DOI: 10.1002/bab.2379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) could be extracted from diatoms such as Amphora sp. present abundantly in the ecosystems. In view of the key environmental and nutritional factors governing the diatoms growth rate, culture conditions were optimized for the biomass yield, total lipid content, EPA yield, and fatty acid composition under two main cultivation regimes: photoautotrophic and heterotrophic. The fastest growth rate about 0.20 ± 0.02 g/L and the highest EPA yield about 9.19 ± 3.56 mg EPA/g biomass were obtained by adding 10 g/L glucose and sucrose, respectively. Under photoautotrophic culture conditions, Amphora sp. rendered higher EPA yield at 100 rpm and 16:8 light/dark cycle. Total fatty acids produced predominantly comprised of an approximate 40-70% of saturated fatty acids, followed by 10-27% of monounsaturated fatty acids and then 8-25% of polyunsaturated fatty acids. These findings were able to pave a way for huge-scale microalgal biomass production in commercial EPA production.
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- Yi Tong Cheah
- School of Chemical Engineering, Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
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Macromolecules assessment from spent biomass during phycoremediation of pollutants from coke-oven wastewater: A prospective approach for production of value added products. J INDIAN CHEM SOC 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jics.2022.100555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Li W, Yang M, Wang B, Liu CQ. Regulation strategy for nutrient-dependent carbon and nitrogen stoichiometric homeostasis in freshwater phytoplankton. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 823:153797. [PMID: 35150673 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2021] [Revised: 02/06/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Phytoplankton carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) stoichiometric homeostasis plays an important role in aquatic ecosystems. Their C:N ratio is a result of cellular metabolic balance, and the relevant regulatory strategy for its plasticity is still unclear. Therefore, a field survey of seven reservoirs in Tianjin, North China, was conducted to understand variations in phytoplankton C:N ratios, and a laboratory culture of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii was performed to understand the relevant regulation strategy for cellular C-N stoichiometric homeostasis under different C and N availability by using transcriptome sequencing and Nano SIMS and C stable isotope analyses. The results indicated that CO2 limitation had no significant effect on the phytoplankton C:N ratio in either scene, whereas limitation of dissolved inorganic N induced a 35% higher ratio in the field and a 138% higher ratio in the laboratory. Under CO2 limitation, algal CO2-concentrating mechanisms were operated to ensure a C supply, and coupled C-N molecular regulation remained the cellular C:N ratio stable. Under nitrate limitation, differentially expressed gene-regulated intensities increase enormously, and their increasing proportion was comparable to that of the algal C:N ratio; cellular metabolism was reorganized to form a "subhealthy" C-N stoichiometric state with high C:N ratios. In addition, the N transport system had a specific role under CO2 and nitrate limitations. Our study implies that algal stoichiometric homeostasis depends on the involved limitation element and will help to deepen the understanding of C-N stoichiometric homeostasis in freshwater phytoplankton.
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- Wanzhu Li
- Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
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- Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
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- Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
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- Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
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Lipid Constituents of Diatoms (Halamphora) as Components for Production of Lipid Nanoparticles. Pharmaceutics 2022; 14:pharmaceutics14061171. [PMID: 35745742 PMCID: PMC9227233 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14061171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2022] [Revised: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Lipid nanocarriers smaller than 200 nm may be used as pharmaceutical/cosmetic raw materials as they are able to penetrate the skin. The nanostructured lipid carriers (NLCs) based on microalgae oil (Schizochytrium) and lipids extracted from diatoms (Halamphora cf. salinicola (strain SZCZM1454A)) were produced by the HSH (high shear homogenization) method. Fatty acid profile of crude oil from diatoms indicated the presence of palmitoleic, palmitic, stearic acid, oleic and myristic acids as the most common fatty acids in the strain investigated. The quantitative composition and the synthesis condition of NLC dispersions were optimized by using the full factorial designs. The physicochemical parameters of the obtained lipid nanocarriers were characterized by SEM, DSC and XRD measurements and the fraction with the optimum parameters (size below 200 nm, polydispersity index not exceeding 0.2 and zeta potential higher than +45 mV) was selected for further study. The positive charge of the obtained lipid nanoparticles is beneficial as permits electrostatic bonding with the negatively charged skin surface. As follows from stability tests, the NLCs obtained could be stored at room temperature.
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Freyria NJ, Kuo A, Chovatia M, Johnson J, Lipzen A, Barry KW, Grigoriev IV, Lovejoy C. Salinity tolerance mechanisms of an Arctic Pelagophyte using comparative transcriptomic and gene expression analysis. Commun Biol 2022; 5:500. [PMID: 35614207 PMCID: PMC9133084 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03461-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2021] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Little is known at the transcriptional level about microbial eukaryotic adaptations to short-term salinity change. Arctic microalgae are exposed to low salinity due to sea-ice melt and higher salinity with brine channel formation during freeze-up. Here, we investigate the transcriptional response of an ice-associated microalgae over salinities from 45 to 8. Our results show a bracketed response of differential gene expression when the cultures were exposed to progressively decreasing salinity. Key genes associated with salinity changes were involved in specific metabolic pathways, transcription factors and regulators, protein kinases, carbohydrate active enzymes, and inorganic ion transporters. The pelagophyte seemed to use a strategy involving overexpression of Na+-H+ antiporters and Na+ -Pi symporters as salinity decreases, but the K+ channel complex at higher salinities. Specific adaptation to cold saline arctic conditions was seen with differential expression of several antifreeze proteins, an ice-binding protein and an acyl-esterase involved in cold adaptation.
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- Nastasia J Freyria
- Département de biologie, Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
- Québec Océan, Département de biologie, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
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- U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Département de biologie, Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
- Québec Océan, Département de biologie, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
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Yang J, Li W, Xing C, Xing G, Guo Y, Yuan H. Ca 2+ participates in the regulation of microalgae triacylglycerol metabolism under heat stress. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 208:112696. [PMID: 35016864 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.112696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2021] [Revised: 12/27/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Microalgae are the largest CO2 fixer and O2 producer on the earth and occupy an increasingly important position in human life and production. Various environmental factors have a significant impact on the growth and metabolism of microalgae. As global warming intensifies, heat stress has become a crucial factor affecting the microalgae industry. However, till now, it has not been clear how microalgae sensed the temperature stress, transmitted stress signals and adjusted in intracellular metabolic pathways. In this study, the growth of microalgae Auxenochlorella protothecoides UTEX2341 was inhibited at 32 °C, but the single cell dry weight increased. The cell component analyses showed that both the carbohydrate and total protein content decreased significantly, while the lipid content increased by 158%. Meanwhile, the intracellular Ca2+ concentration increased continuously, with a maximum increase of 1.65 times. According to the transcriptome analyses, the up-regulation of Ca2+ influx channel protein mid1-complementing activity 1 (MCA1) gene and the down-regulation of efflux channel protein cation exchanger 1(CAX) and autoinhibited Ca2+-ATPase 1 (ACA1) genes in cytoplasmic membrane jointly facilitated the increase of Ca2+ in the cytoplasm. Coexpression network analysis indicated that the fluctuation of Ca2+ in the cytoplasm could activate the expression of transcription factors MYB3 and AP2-4 through calmodulin (CAM) and calcium-dependent protein kinase (CDPK), and then regulate glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferases (GPAT) at the beginning of TAG synthesis and diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT)/phospholipid: diacylglycerol acyltransferase (PDAT) in the last step of TAG synthesis. Furthermore, the addition of Ca2+ specific chelator BAPTA-AM inhibited the expression of GPAT, which was consistent with the decrease in microalgae lipid content. The results proved that Ca2+ participated in the regulation of microalgae TAG synthesis under heat stress, which provided a new view for the understanding of the microalgae lipid accumulation mechanism.
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- Jinshui Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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Poultry Meat and Eggs as an Alternative Source of n-3 Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids for Human Nutrition. Nutrients 2022; 14:nu14091969. [PMID: 35565936 PMCID: PMC9099610 DOI: 10.3390/nu14091969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2022] [Revised: 05/02/2022] [Accepted: 05/04/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The beneficial effects of n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 LC-PUFA) on human health are widely known. Humans are rather inefficient in synthesizing n-3 LC-PUFA; thus, these compounds should be supplemented in the diet. However, most Western human diets have unbalanced n-6/n-3 ratios resulting from eating habits and the fact that fish sources (rich in n-3 LC-PUFA) are not sufficient (worldwide deficit ~347,956 t/y) to meet the world requirements. In this context, it is necessary to find new and sustainable sources of n-3 LC-PUFA. Poultry products can provide humans n-3 LC-PUFA due to physiological characteristics and the wide consumption of meat and eggs. The present work aims to provide a general overview of the main strategies that should be adopted during rearing and postproduction to enrich and preserve n-3 LC-PUFA in poultry products. The strategies include dietary supplementation of α-Linolenic acid (ALA) or n-3 LC-PUFA, or enhancing n-3 LC-PUFA by improving the LA (Linoleic acid)/ALA ratio and antioxidant concentrations. Moreover, factors such as genotype, rearing system, transport, and cooking processes can impact the n-3 LC-PUFA in poultry products. The use of a multifactorial view in the entire production chain allows the relevant enrichment and preservation of n-3 LC-PUFA in poultry products.
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Yang M, Xie X, Kong FT, Xie KP, Yu SH, Ma JY, Xue S, Gong Z. Differences in Glycerolipid Response of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Starchless Mutant to High Light and Nitrogen Deprivation Stress Under Three Carbon Supply Regimes. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:860966. [PMID: 35599875 PMCID: PMC9120814 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.860966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Carbon source serves as a crucial factor for microalgal lipid biosynthesis. The supplied exogenous inorganic or organic carbon affects lipid accumulation in microalgae under stress conditions. However, the impacts of different carbon availability on glycerolipid metabolism, triacylglycerol (TAG) metabolism in particular, still remain elusive in microalgae. Chlamydomonas starchless mutant BAFJ5 has emerged as a model system to study TAG metabolism, due to its property of hyper-accumulating TAG. In this study, the glycerolipidomic response of the starchless BAFJ5 to high light and nitrogen-deprived (HL-N) stress was deciphered in detail to distinguish glycerolipid metabolism under three carbon supply regimes. The results revealed that the autotrophically and mixotrophically grown BAFJ5 cells aerated with air containing 2% CO2 presented similar changes in growth, photosynthetic activity, biochemical components, and glycerolipid metabolism under HL-N conditions. But the mixotrophically grown BAFJ5 aerated with air containing 0.04% CO2 exhibited more superior accumulation in TAG, which was esterified with a significantly higher proportion of C18:1n9 and prominently the lower proportions of polyunsaturated fatty acids. In addition, these cells increased the relative levels of C18:2n6 in the membrane lipids, i.e., monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG) and digalactosyldiacylglycerol (DGDG), in priority, and decreased that of C18:3n3 and C18:4n3 in the betaine lipid, N,N,N-trimethylhomoserine diacylglycerol (DGTS), subsequently, to adapt to the HL-N stress conditions, compared to the cells under the other two conditions. Thus, it was suggested that C. reinhardtii starchless mutant appeared to present distinct metabolism for TAG biosynthesis involving membrane lipid remodeling under distinct carbon supply regimes. This study provides insights into how the different carbon supply regimes affect lipid metabolism in Chlamydomonas starchless cells, which will benefit the optimized production of storage lipids in microalgae.
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- Miao Yang
- Key Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology of Liaoning Province, School of Life Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, China
- Dalian Key Laboratory of Marine Bioactive Polypeptide Drugs, School of Life Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, China
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- Liaoning Ocean and Fisheries Science Research Institute, Dalian, China
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- School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology of Liaoning Province, School of Life Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, China
- Dalian Key Laboratory of Marine Bioactive Polypeptide Drugs, School of Life Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology of Liaoning Province, School of Life Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, China
- Dalian Key Laboratory of Marine Bioactive Polypeptide Drugs, School of Life Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology of Liaoning Province, School of Life Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, China
- Dalian Key Laboratory of Marine Bioactive Polypeptide Drugs, School of Life Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, China
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- School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology of Liaoning Province, School of Life Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, China
- Dalian Key Laboratory of Marine Bioactive Polypeptide Drugs, School of Life Sciences, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, China
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El-Naggar NEA, Hamouda RA, Abou-El-Souod GW. Statistical optimization for simultaneous removal of methyl red and production of fatty acid methyl esters using fresh alga Scenedesmus obliquus. Sci Rep 2022; 12:7156. [PMID: 35504903 PMCID: PMC9065141 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-11069-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2021] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Microalgae are a diverse group of microorganisms, the majority of which are photosynthetic in nature. Microalgae have different applications, the most important of which is the biological treatment of wastewater. Microalgae grow in various types of wastewater, such as wastewater polluted by Azo dyes, due to microalgae using wastewater as a culture medium, which contains many nutrients like nitrogen, phosphate, and carbon sources. Microalgae grow in various types of wastewater, such as wastewater polluted by Azo dyes, due to microalgae using wastewater as a culture medium, which contains many nutrients like nitrogen, phosphate, and carbon sources. So, microalgae are used for bioremediation of wastewater due to the efficiency of growing in wastewater and for the high production of lipids followed by trans-esterification to biodiesel. Face-centered central composite design (FCCCD) was used to determine the factors that have the most significant impact on the simultaneous decolorization of methyl red and lipid production by the fresh green alga Scenedesmus obliquus. The predicted results indicated that the alga decolorized 70.15% methyl red and produced 20.91% lipids by using 1 g/L nitrogen, an incubation time of 10 days, a pH of 8, and the concentration of methyl red is 17.65 mg/L. The dry biomasses of S. obliquus were also examined by SEM and FTIR before and after treatment with methyl red. SEM and FTIR showed that the properties of dry S. obliquus were altered after the biosorption of methyl red. According to GC-MS analysis of hexane extracts of S. obliquus, the lipid profile differed before and after methyl red decolorization. The results proved that it is possible to use S. obliquus to remove dyes and produce renewable fuels such as biodiesel. The novelty of this study is that this is the first time in which the effect of nitrogen concentrations in the medium used for algal growth on the removal of dye has been studied.
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- Noura El-Ahmady El-Naggar
- Department of Bioprocess Development, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute, City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications (SRTA-City), New Borg El‑Arab City, 21934, Alexandria, Egypt.
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- Department of Biology, College of Sciences and Arts Khulis, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute (GEBRI), University of Sadat City, Sadat City, Egypt
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Menoufia University, Shibīn al-Kawm, Menoufia, Egypt
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Yuan D, Liu J, Wang H, Hu Q, Gong Y. Biodiversity and seasonal variation of microzooplankton contaminating pilot-scale cultures of Chlorella sorokiniana. ALGAL RES 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2022.102722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Fatty acids profile of Mastigocladus laminosus Cohn ex Kichner isolated from Algerian hot springs as a biofuel feedstock. BIOCATALYSIS AND AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcab.2022.102373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Ren X, Liu Y, Fan C, Hong H, Wu W, Zhang W, Wang Y. Production, Processing, and Protection of Microalgal n-3 PUFA-Rich Oil. Foods 2022; 11:foods11091215. [PMID: 35563938 PMCID: PMC9101592 DOI: 10.3390/foods11091215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Revised: 04/15/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Microalgae have been increasingly considered as a sustainable “biofactory” with huge potentials to fill up the current and future shortages of food and nutrition. They have become an economically and technologically viable solution to produce a great diversity of high-value bioactive compounds, including n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA). The n-3 PUFA, especially eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), possess an array of biological activities and positively affect a number of diseases, including cardiovascular and neurodegenerative disorders. As such, the global market of n-3 PUFA has been increasing at a fast pace in the past two decades. Nowadays, the supply of n-3 PUFA is facing serious challenges as a result of global warming and maximal/over marine fisheries catches. Although increasing rapidly in recent years, aquaculture as an alternative source of n-3 PUFA appears insufficient to meet the fast increase in consumption and market demand. Therefore, the cultivation of microalgae stands out as a potential solution to meet the shortages of the n-3 PUFA market and provides unique fatty acids for the special groups of the population. This review focuses on the biosynthesis pathways and recombinant engineering approaches that can be used to enhance the production of n-3 PUFA, the impact of environmental conditions in heterotrophic cultivation on n-3 PUFA production, and the technologies that have been applied in the food industry to extract and purify oil in microalgae and protect n-3 PUFA from oxidation.
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- Xiang Ren
- INNOBIO Corporation Limited, No. 49, DDA, Dalian 116600, China; (Y.L.); (C.F.); (H.H.); (W.W.)
- Correspondence: (X.R.); (Y.W.); Tel.: +86-411-65864645 (X.R.); +1-902-566-7953 (Y.W.)
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- INNOBIO Corporation Limited, No. 49, DDA, Dalian 116600, China; (Y.L.); (C.F.); (H.H.); (W.W.)
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- INNOBIO Corporation Limited, No. 49, DDA, Dalian 116600, China; (Y.L.); (C.F.); (H.H.); (W.W.)
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- INNOBIO Corporation Limited, No. 49, DDA, Dalian 116600, China; (Y.L.); (C.F.); (H.H.); (W.W.)
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- INNOBIO Corporation Limited, No. 49, DDA, Dalian 116600, China; (Y.L.); (C.F.); (H.H.); (W.W.)
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- DeOxiTech Consulting, 30 Cloverfield Court, Dartmouth, NS B2W 0B3, Canada;
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- Aquatic and Crop Resource Development Research Centre, National Research Council of Canada, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P3, Canada
- Correspondence: (X.R.); (Y.W.); Tel.: +86-411-65864645 (X.R.); +1-902-566-7953 (Y.W.)
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Microbial pathways for advanced biofuel production. Biochem Soc Trans 2022; 50:987-1001. [PMID: 35411379 PMCID: PMC9162456 DOI: 10.1042/bst20210764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2021] [Revised: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Decarbonisation of the transport sector is essential to mitigate anthropogenic climate change. Microbial metabolisms are already integral to the production of renewable, sustainable fuels and, building on that foundation, are being re-engineered to generate the advanced biofuels that will maintain mobility of people and goods during the energy transition. This review surveys the range of natural and engineered microbial systems for advanced biofuels production and summarises some of the techno-economic challenges associated with their implementation at industrial scales.
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Segal-Kischinevzky C, Romero-Aguilar L, Alcaraz LD, López-Ortiz G, Martínez-Castillo B, Torres-Ramírez N, Sandoval G, González J. Yeasts Inhabiting Extreme Environments and Their Biotechnological Applications. Microorganisms 2022; 10:794. [PMID: 35456844 PMCID: PMC9028089 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10040794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Revised: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Yeasts are microscopic fungi inhabiting all Earth environments, including those inhospitable for most life forms, considered extreme environments. According to their habitats, yeasts could be extremotolerant or extremophiles. Some are polyextremophiles, depending on their growth capacity, tolerance, and survival in the face of their habitat's physical and chemical constitution. The extreme yeasts are relevant for the industrial production of value-added compounds, such as biofuels, lipids, carotenoids, recombinant proteins, enzymes, among others. This review calls attention to the importance of yeasts inhabiting extreme environments, including metabolic and adaptive aspects to tolerate conditions of cold, heat, water availability, pH, salinity, osmolarity, UV radiation, and metal toxicity, which are relevant for biotechnological applications. We explore the habitats of extreme yeasts, highlighting key species, physiology, adaptations, and molecular identification. Finally, we summarize several findings related to the industrially-important extremophilic yeasts and describe current trends in biotechnological applications that will impact the bioeconomy.
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- Claudia Segal-Kischinevzky
- Departamento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad 3000, Coyoacán, Mexico City 04510, Mexico; (C.S.-K.); (L.D.A.); (B.M.-C.); (N.T.-R.)
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad 3000, Coyoacán, Mexico City 04510, Mexico;
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- Departamento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad 3000, Coyoacán, Mexico City 04510, Mexico; (C.S.-K.); (L.D.A.); (B.M.-C.); (N.T.-R.)
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- Subdivisión de Medicina Familiar, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad 3000, Coyoacán, Mexico City 04510, Mexico;
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- Departamento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad 3000, Coyoacán, Mexico City 04510, Mexico; (C.S.-K.); (L.D.A.); (B.M.-C.); (N.T.-R.)
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- Departamento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad 3000, Coyoacán, Mexico City 04510, Mexico; (C.S.-K.); (L.D.A.); (B.M.-C.); (N.T.-R.)
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- Laboratorio de Innovación en Bioenergéticos y Bioprocesos Avanzados (LIBBA), Unidad de Biotecnología Industrial, Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco AC (CIATEJ), Av. Normalistas No. 800 Col. Colinas de la Normal, Guadalajara 44270, Mexico;
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- Departamento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad 3000, Coyoacán, Mexico City 04510, Mexico; (C.S.-K.); (L.D.A.); (B.M.-C.); (N.T.-R.)
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Lin Y, Dai Y, Xu W, Wu X, Li Y, Zhu H, Zhou H. The Growth, Lipid Accumulation and Fatty Acid Profile Analysis by Abscisic Acid and Indol-3-Acetic Acid Induced in Chlorella sp. FACHB-8. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23074064. [PMID: 35409427 PMCID: PMC8999460 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23074064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2022] [Revised: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Microalgae are considered a promising source for biodiesel. The addition of plant hormone can exert a significant impact on the production of microalgae biomass and lipid accumulation. Nevertheless, the response of microalgae cells to hormones is species- or strain-dependent. It remains controversial which genes involved in strong increase of fatty acids production in response to abscisic acid (ABA) in Chlorella sp. FACHB-8 strain. We investigated cell growth, lipid accumulation, and fatty acid composition when ABA and indol-3-acetic acid (IAA) were used in the growth medium of Chlorella sp. FACHB-8. The four treatments, including 5 mg/L IAA (E1), 10 mg/L IAA (E2), 10 mg/L ABA (E3), the combination of 5 mg/L IAA and 5 mg/L ABA (E4), were found to increase cell growth, but only 10 mg/L ABA treatment could enhance the lipid accumulation. The fatty acid profile was changed by the addition of ABA, making fatty acids afflux from polyunsaturated fatty acids to monounsaturated and saturated fatty acids, which were suitable for diesel application. Furthermore, a transcriptome analysis was conducted, unraveling the differentially expressed genes enriched in fatty acid biosynthesis, fatty acid metabolism, and biosynthesis of the unsaturated fatty acid pathway in response to ABA. Our results clarified the correlation of fatty acid synthesis-related genes and fatty acid profiles, helping understand the potential response mechanism of Chlorella sp. FACHB-8 strain respond to ABA treatment.
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- Yihua Lin
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; (Y.L.); (W.X.); (X.W.); (Y.L.)
- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; (Y.D.); (H.Z.)
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; (Y.D.); (H.Z.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; (Y.L.); (W.X.); (X.W.); (Y.L.)
- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; (Y.D.); (H.Z.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; (Y.L.); (W.X.); (X.W.); (Y.L.)
- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; (Y.D.); (H.Z.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; (Y.L.); (W.X.); (X.W.); (Y.L.)
- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; (Y.D.); (H.Z.)
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; (Y.D.); (H.Z.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; (Y.L.); (W.X.); (X.W.); (Y.L.)
- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; (Y.D.); (H.Z.)
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Ali SS, Al-Tohamy R, Mohamed TM, Mahmoud YAG, Ruiz HA, Sun L, Sun J. Could termites be hiding a goldmine of obscure yet promising yeasts for energy crisis solutions based on aromatic wastes? A critical state-of-the-art review. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS AND BIOPRODUCTS 2022; 15:35. [PMID: 35379342 PMCID: PMC8981686 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-022-02131-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 03/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Biodiesel is a renewable fuel that can be produced from a range of organic and renewable feedstock including fresh or vegetable oils, animal fats, and oilseed plants. In recent years, the lignin-based aromatic wastes, such as various aromatic waste polymers from agriculture, or organic dye wastewater from textile industry, have attracted much attention in academia, which can be uniquely selected as a potential renewable feedstock for biodiesel product converted by yeast cell factory technology. This current investigation indicated that the highest percentage of lipid accumulation can be achieved as high as 47.25% by an oleaginous yeast strain, Meyerozyma caribbica SSA1654, isolated from a wood-feeding termite gut system, where its synthetic oil conversion ability can reach up to 0.08 (g/l/h) and the fatty acid composition in yeast cells represents over 95% of total fatty acids that are similar to that of vegetable oils. Clearly, the use of oleaginous yeasts, isolated from wood-feeding termites, for synthesizing lipids from aromatics is a clean, efficient, and competitive path to achieve "a sustainable development" towards biodiesel production. However, the lacking of potent oleaginous yeasts to transform lipids from various aromatics, and an unknown metabolic regulation mechanism presented in the natural oleaginous yeast cells are the fundamental challenge we have to face for a potential cell factory development. Under this scope, this review has proposed a novel concept and approach strategy in utilization of oleaginous yeasts as the cell factory to convert aromatic wastes to lipids as the substrate for biodiesel transformation. Therefore, screening robust oleaginous yeast strain(s) from wood-feeding termite gut system with a set of the desirable specific tolerance characteristics is essential. In addition, to reconstruct a desirable metabolic pathway/network to maximize the lipid transformation and accumulation rate from the aromatic wastes with the applications of various "omics" technologies or a synthetic biology approach, where the work agenda will also include to analyze the genome characteristics, to develop a new base mutation gene editing technology, as well as to clarify the influence of the insertion position of aromatic compounds and other biosynthetic pathways in the industrial chassis genome on the expressional level and genome stability. With these unique designs running with a set of the advanced biotech approaches, a novel metabolic pathway using robust oleaginous yeast developed as a cell factory concept can be potentially constructed, integrated and optimized, suggesting that the hypothesis we proposed in utilizing aromatic wastes as a feedstock towards biodiesel product is technically promising and potentially applicable in the near future.
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- Sameh S. Ali
- School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Biofuels Institute, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013 China
- Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, 31527 Egypt
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- School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Biofuels Institute, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013 China
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- Biochemistry Division, Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, 31527 Egypt
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- Biorefinery Group, Food Research Department, School of Chemistry, Autonomous University of Coahuila, 25280 Saltillo, Coahuila Mexico
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- Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
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- School of the Environment and Safety Engineering, Biofuels Institute, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013 China
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Sun Y, Liu Q, Shang S, Chen J, Lu P, Zang Y, Tang X. Physiological Responses and Metabonomics Analysis of Male and Female Sargassum thunbergii Macroalgae Exposed to Ultraviolet-B Stress. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:778602. [PMID: 35481140 PMCID: PMC9037290 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.778602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation is a major environmental stress that suppresses or activates defense responses in organisms. UV-B radiation affecting growth and development in intertidal species have been researched for a long time, but a series of unknown knowledge remain in the male and female macroalgae comparison. To compare the different responses of male and female Sargassum thunbergii macroalgae under UV-B radiation, PSII photochemical efficiency determination, metabolomic analysis, and main carbon-based metabolites (including soluble sugar, total amino acid, and lipid) content measuring have been performed in our experiments. Results showed that males have significantly superiority performance in the chlorophyll fluorescence parameters of F v/F m, Y(II), and Y(NO) either low or high UV-B radiation treatments. Metabolomics analysis revealed that carbon and nitrogen metabolism pathways in male and female S. thunbergii were significant components responding to enhanced UV-B radiation. Based on measuring, female S. thunbergii lipid content expressed higher than males without any stimulation. Additionally, under low UV-B radiation stimulation, females total amino acid content shown significantly higher than control group and their lipid content also significantly higher than males. Under high UV-B radiation, males soluble sugar, total amino acid, and lipid content significantly varied from females, which meant that enhancing UV-B stress might altered mainly carbon-based metabolites flowing directions. The present study elucidated the potential role of enhanced UV-B radiation in regulating macroalgae physiological responses, metabolites changing, and reflecting differences between male and female S. thunbergii, contributing to understanding of brown-macroalgae diecious adopting mechanisms in defending intertidal UV-B stresses.
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- Yan Sun
- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- College of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Binzhou University, Binzhou, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Eco-Environmental Science and Technology, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao, China
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- College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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Carro MDLM, Gonorazky G, Soto D, Mamone L, Bagnato C, Pagnussat LA, Beligni MV. Expression of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii chloroplast diacylglycerol acyltransferase 3 is induced by light in concert with triacylglycerol accumulation. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 110:262-276. [PMID: 35043497 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2021] [Revised: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Considerable progress has been made towards the understanding of triacylglycerol (TAG) accumulation in algae. One key aspect is finding conditions that trigger TAG production without reducing cell division. Previously, we identified a soluble diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT), related to plant DGAT3, with heterologous DGAT activity. In this work, we demonstrate that Chlamydomonas reinhardtii DGAT3 localizes to the chloroplast and that its expression is induced by light, in correspondence with TAG accumulation. Dgat3 mRNAs and TAGs increase in both wild-type and starch-deficient cells grown with acetate upon transferring them from dark or low light to higher light levels, albeit affected by the particularities of each strain. The response of dgat3 mRNAs and TAGs to light depends on the pre-existing levels of TAGs, suggesting the existence of a negative regulatory loop in the synthesis pathway, although an effect of TAG turnover cannot be ruled out. Altogether, these results hint towards a possible role of DGAT3 in light-dependent TAG accumulation in C. reinhardtii.
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- María de Las Mercedes Carro
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas (IIB-CONICET-UNMdP), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, B7608FBY, Mar del Plata, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas (IIB-CONICET-UNMdP), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, B7608FBY, Mar del Plata, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas (IIB-CONICET-UNMdP), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, B7608FBY, Mar del Plata, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas (IIB-CONICET-UNMdP), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, B7608FBY, Mar del Plata, Argentina
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- Instituto de Energía y Desarrollo Sustentable (IEDS), Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Centro Atómico Bariloche, 8400, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, B7620EMA, Balcarce, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas (IIB-CONICET-UNMdP), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, B7608FBY, Mar del Plata, Argentina
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Sciandra T, Forget MH, Bruyant F, Béguin M, Lacour T, Bowler C, Babin M. The possible fates of Fragilariopsis cylindrus (polar diatom) cells exposed to prolonged darkness. JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY 2022; 58:281-296. [PMID: 34989409 DOI: 10.1111/jpy.13232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2021] [Revised: 11/27/2021] [Accepted: 12/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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At high latitudes, the polar night poses a great challenge to photosynthetic organisms that must survive up to six months without light. Numerous studies have already shed light on the physiological changes involved in the acclimation of microalgae to prolonged darkness and subsequent re-illumination. However, these studies have never considered inter-individual variability because they have mainly been conducted with bulk measurements. On the other hand, such long periods are likely to impact within-population selection processes. In this study, we hypothesized that distinct subpopulations with specific traits may emerge during acclimation of a population of diatoms to darkness. We addressed this hypothesis using flow cytometry (FCM), which allow to individually characterize large numbers of cells. The ecologically dominant polar pennate diatom Fragilariopsis cylindrus was subjected to three dark acclimation (DA) experiments of one, three, and five months duration, during which all cultures showed signs of recovery once light became available again. Our results suggest that darkness survival of F. cylindrus relies on reduction of metabolic activity and consumption of carbon reserves. In addition, FCM allowed us to record three different causes of death, each shared by significant numbers of individuals. The first rendered cells were unable to survive the stress caused by the return to light, probably due to a lack of sufficient photoprotective defenses. The other two were observed in two subpopulations of cells whose physiological state deviated from the original population. The data suggest that starvation and failure to maintain dormancy were the cause of cell mortality in these two subpopulations.
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- Théo Sciandra
- Takuvik International Research Laboratory, Université Laval (Canada) & CNRS (France), Département de Biologie and Québec-Océan, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS), Ecole Normale Supérieure, CNRS, INSERM, Université PSL, Paris, 75005, France
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- Takuvik International Research Laboratory, Université Laval (Canada) & CNRS (France), Département de Biologie and Québec-Océan, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Takuvik International Research Laboratory, Université Laval (Canada) & CNRS (France), Département de Biologie and Québec-Océan, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Takuvik International Research Laboratory, Université Laval (Canada) & CNRS (France), Département de Biologie and Québec-Océan, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Ifremer, PBA, Rue de l'Ile d'Yeu, BP21105, Nantes Cedex 03, 44311, France
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- Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS), Ecole Normale Supérieure, CNRS, INSERM, Université PSL, Paris, 75005, France
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- Takuvik International Research Laboratory, Université Laval (Canada) & CNRS (France), Département de Biologie and Québec-Océan, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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Reza AM, Rakhi SF, Zhu X, Tang Y, Qin J. Visualising the Emerging Platform of Using Microalgae as a Sustainable Bio-Factory for Healthy Lipid Production through Biocompatible AIE Probes. BIOSENSORS 2022; 12:bios12040208. [PMID: 35448268 PMCID: PMC9029145 DOI: 10.3390/bios12040208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Revised: 03/27/2022] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Nowadays, a particular focus is using microalgae to get high-valued health beneficiary lipids. The precise localisation of the lipid droplets (LDs) and biochemical changes are crucial to portray the lipid production strategy in algae, but it requires an in vivo tool to rapidly visualise LD distribution. As a novel strategy, this study focuses on detecting lipid bioaccumulation in a green microalga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii using the aggregation-induced emission (AIE) based probe, 2-DPAN (C24H18N2O). As the messenger molecule and stress biomarker, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) activity was detected in lipid synthesis with the AIE probe, TPE-BO (C38H42B2O4). Distinctive LDs labelled with 2-DPAN have elucidated the lipid inducing conditions, where more health beneficiary α-linolenic acid has been produced. TPE-BO labelled H2O2 have clarified the involvement of H2O2 during lipid biogenesis. The co-staining procedure with traditional green BODIPY dye and red chlorophyll indicates that 2-DPAN is suitable for multicolour LD imaging. Compared with BODIPY, 2-DPAN was an efficient sample preparation technique without the washing procedure. Thus, 2-DPAN could improve traditional fluorescent probes currently used for lipid imaging. In addition, the rapid, wash-free, multicolour AIE-based in vivo probe in the study of LDs with 2-DPAN could advance the research of lipid production in microalgae.
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- Ahm Mohsinul Reza
- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
- Institute for NanoScale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
- Institute for NanoScale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
- Institute for NanoScale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
- Institute for NanoScale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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Zhang P, Xin Y, He Y, Tang X, Shen C, Wang Q, Lv N, Li Y, Hu Q, Xu J. Exploring a blue-light-sensing transcription factor to double the peak productivity of oil in Nannochloropsis oceanica. Nat Commun 2022; 13:1664. [PMID: 35351909 PMCID: PMC8964759 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29337-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2020] [Accepted: 03/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Oleaginous microalgae can produce triacylglycerol (TAG) under stress, yet the underlying mechanism remains largely unknown. Here, we show that, in Nannochloropsis oceanica, a bZIP-family regulator NobZIP77 represses the transcription of a type-2 diacylgycerol acyltransferase encoding gene NoDGAT2B under nitrogen-repletion (N+), while nitrogen-depletion (N−) relieves such inhibition and activates NoDGAT2B expression and synthesis of TAG preferably from C16:1. Intriguingly, NobZIP77 is a sensor of blue light (BL), which reduces binding of NobZIP77 to the NoDGAT2B-promoter, unleashes NoDGAT2B and elevates TAG under N−. Under N+ and white light, NobZIP77 knockout fully preserves cell growth rate and nearly triples TAG productivity. Moreover, exposing the NobZIP77-knockout line to BL under N− can double the peak productivity of TAG. These results underscore the potential of coupling light quality to oil synthesis in feedstock or bioprocess development. Microalgae are promising feedstock for oil production. The authors report that a transcription factor NobZIP77 can regulate oil synthesis by sensing the blue light, and explore these findings to greatly enhance oil productivity via genetic and process engineering in Nannochloropsis oceanica.
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Dhanker R, Kumar R, Tiwari A, Kumar V. Diatoms as a biotechnological resource for the sustainable biofuel production: a state-of-the-art review. Biotechnol Genet Eng Rev 2022; 38:111-131. [PMID: 35343391 DOI: 10.1080/02648725.2022.2053319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The greenhouse gas emission from fossil fuel and higher economic cost in its transportation are stimulating scientists to explore biomass energy production at the local level. In the present review, the authors have explored the prospects of commercial-scale biofuels production from the microalgal group, diatoms. Insights on suitability of mass cultivation systems for large-scale production of diatoms have been deliberated based on published literature. Diatoms can proliferate extracting nutrients from the wastewater and the same biomass can be harvested for biofuel production. Residues can be further utilized for the formation of other bioproducts and biofertilizers. The residual applications of diatoms from mass culture are estimated to compensate for the additional costs incurred in the removal of impurities. Well-planned research is required to optimize the commercial-scale production of biofuels from diatoms. The aim of this review is therefore, to demonstrate the economically feasible, hygienically safe cultivation of diatoms on nutrients from wastewater, limitations in using diatoms for biofuel production, and how these limitations can be shorted out for optimum utilization of diatom for biofuel production.
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- Department of Basic and Applied Sciences, School of Engineering and Sciences, GD Goenka University, Gurugram, Haryana, India
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- Ecosystem Research Laboratory, Department of Environmental Science, School of Earth, Biological and Environmental Sciences, Central University of South Bihar, Fatehpur, Gaya, Bihar, India
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- Diatom Research Laboratory, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Division, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI)Waste Re-processing, Nehru Marg, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
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Li B, Stuart DD, Shanta PV, Pike CD, Cheng Q. Probing Herbicide Toxicity to Algae ( Selenastrum capricornutum) by Lipid Profiling with Machine Learning and Microchip/MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry. Chem Res Toxicol 2022; 35:606-615. [PMID: 35289601 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.1c00397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS)-based lipid profiling is a powerful method to study the cytotoxicity of chemical exposure to microorganisms at the single cell level. We report here a combined approach of machine learning (ML) and microchip-based MALDI-time of flight (TOF) mass spectrometry to investigate the cytotoxic effect of herbicides on algae through single cell lipid profiling. Algal species Selenastrum capricornutum was chosen as the target system, and its exposure to different doses of common chemical herbicides and the resulting cytotoxic behaviors under various stress conditions were characterized. A lipid library for S. capricornutum has been established with 63 identified lipids that include glycosyldiacylglycerols and triacylglycerols. We demonstrated that major alternations occurred for lipids with functional groups of digalactosyldiacylglycerol (DGDG), triacylglycerol (TAG), and monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG). DGDG was shown to decrease upon exposure to herbicides of norflurazon and atrazine, while some MGDG and TAG lipids would increase for norflurazon. Compared to other algae, S. capricornutum was more strongly impacted by norflurazon than atrazine while the latter was observed to have a greater effect on C. reinhardtii. Machine learning algorithms have been applied to improve the classification of herbicide impact and help identify lipid species affected by the chemical exposure. A total of 69 machine learning models were trained and tested for the identification of ideal algorithms in the classification process, in which flexible discriminant analysis and support vector machine model were found to be the most accurate and consistent. The ML algorithms accurately differentiated herbicide impact and have identified cytotoxic differences that were previously hidden. The results suggest that herbicides express toxicity among different algae likely on the basis of metabolic differences. The ML-assisted method proves to be highly effective and can provide an advanced technological platform for probing cytotoxicity for bacterial species and in metabolic pathway analysis.
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Optimization of Lipid Production by Schizochytrium limacinum Biomass Modified with Ethyl Methane Sulfonate and Grown on Waste Glycerol. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19053108. [PMID: 35270800 PMCID: PMC8910453 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19053108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Revised: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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One of the most promising avenues of biofuel research relates to using waste as a starting feedstock to produce liquid or gaseous energy carriers. The global production of waste glycerol by the refinery industry is rising year after year. The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of ethyl methane sulfonate (EMS) on the growth rates and intracellular lipid accumulation in heterotrophically-cultured Schizochytrium limacinum microalgae, grown on waste glycerol as the carbon source. The strain S. limacinum E20, produced by incubating a reference strain in EMS for 20 min, was found to perform the best in terms of producing biomass (0.054 gDW/dm3·h) and accumulating intracellular bio-oil (0.021 g/dm3·h). The selected parameters proved to be optimal for S. limacinum E20 biomass growth at the following values: temperature 27.3 °C, glycerol level 249.0 g/dm3, oxygen in the culture 26%, and yeast extract concentration 45.0 g/dm3. In turn, the optimal values for lipid production in an S. limacinum E20 culture were: temperature 24.2 °C, glycerol level 223.0 g/dm3, oxygen in the culture 10%, and yeast extract concentration 10.0 g/dm3. As the process conditions are different for biomass growth and for intracellular lipid accumulation, it is recommended to use a two-step culture process, which resulted in a lipid synthesis rate of 0.41 g/dm3·h.
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Liu T, Chen Z, Xiao Y, Yuan M, Zhou C, Liu G, Fang J, Yang B. Biochemical and Morphological Changes Triggered by Nitrogen Stress in the Oleaginous Microalga Chlorella vulgaris. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10030566. [PMID: 35336142 PMCID: PMC8949318 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10030566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2021] [Revised: 02/20/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Oleaginous microalgae have been considered promising sources of biodiesel due to their high lipid content. Nitrogen limitation/starvation is one of the most prominent strategies to induce lipid accumulation in microalgae. Nonetheless, despite numerous studies, the mechanism underlying this approach is not well understood. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of nitrogen limitation and starvation on biochemical and morphological changes in the microalga Chlorella vulgaris FACHB-1068, thereby obtaining the optimal nitrogen stress strategy for maximizing the lipid productivity of microalgal biomass. The results showed that nitrogen limitation (nitrate concentration < 21.66 mg/L) and starvation enhanced the lipid content but generally decreased the biomass productivity, pigment concentration, and protein content in algal cells. Comparatively, 3-day nitrogen starvation was found to be a more suitable strategy to produce lipid-rich biomass. It resulted in an increased biomass production and satisfactory lipid content of 266 mg/L and 31.33%, respectively. Besides, nitrogen starvation caused significant changes in cell morphology, with an increase in numbers and total size of lipid droplets and starch granules. Under nitrogen starvation, saturated fatty acids (C-16:0, C-20:0, and C-18:0) accounted for the majority of the total fatty acids (~80%), making C. vulgaris FACHB-1068 a potential feedstock for biodiesel production. Our work may contribute to a better understanding of the biochemical and morphological changes in microalgae under nitrogen stress. Besides, our work may provide valuable information on increasing the lipid productivity of oleaginous microalgae by regulating nitrogen supply.
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- Correspondence: (J.F.); (B.Y.)
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Sarkar S, Mankad J, Padhihar N, Manna MS, Bhowmick TK, Gayen K. Enhancement of growth and biomolecules (carbohydrates, proteins, and chlorophylls) of isolated Chlorella thermophila using optimization tools. Prep Biochem Biotechnol 2022; 52:1173-1189. [PMID: 35234575 DOI: 10.1080/10826068.2022.2033995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The production of multiple products from microalgae is essential for economic sustainability and the knowledge of optimum cultivation conditions for high growth and biomolecule synthesis of a microalgal strain is the prerequisite for its commercial production. In this work, optimization of nutrient concentrations for the cultivation of isolated Chlorella thermophila was performed by manipulating nine nutrients with the objectives of maximization of growth, carbohydrate, protein, and chlorophyll contents. Experiments were designed and effects of the parameters were studied using Taguchi orthogonal array (TOA). Experimental results of TOA were used for modeling artificial neural networks (ANN) followed by the optimization using genetic algorithm (GA) to find global optimal solutions. Results showed an increase of 36, 88, 36, and 88% for growth, carbohydrates, proteins, and chlorophylls, respectively, at optimal combinations of parameters given by TOA. Results obtained through the ANN-GA optimization were 9, 10, and 3% more compared to the TOA for biomass, carbohydrates, and chlorophylls, respectively with experimental verification. Nitrates and bicarbonate were found to play the most pivotal role in biomass and biomolecule synthesis of the isolated microalgal strain. Results of the current investigation can be used in the industrial scale-up for the production of multiple products using the biorefinery approach.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Agartala, Agartala, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Agartala, Agartala, India
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- Department of Bioengineering, National Institute of Technology Agartala, Agartala, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Agartala, Agartala, India
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Zheng S, Zou S, Feng T, Sun S, Guo X, He M, Wang C, Chen H, Wang Q. Low temperature combined with high inoculum density improves alpha-linolenic acid production and biochemical characteristics of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 348:126746. [PMID: 35065224 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.126746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Revised: 01/17/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Chlamydomonas reinhardtii grows fast and is rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids. To explore whether the alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) content can be further enhanced, the cultures were incubated under different culture temperatures, light intensities and inoculum densities. Results showed that temperature exhibited more great impact on ALA synthesis of C. reinhardtii than light intensity and inoculum size. The changes of light intensity and inoculum size displayed non-significant effects on ALA content. The optimal ALA proportion in cells was obtained under the condition of 10 °C, 50 μE/m2/s and 5% inoculum density, which reached ∼ 39%.The augmented initial inoculum density could markedly improve the biomass of C. reinhardtii under 10 °C. The maximum ALA productivity (16.42 mg/L/d) was gained under 10 °C coupled with 25% inoculum size, where higher intracellular sugar and protein yield were observed. These results suggest C. reinhardtii would be an alternative feedstock for the industrial production of ALA.
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- Shiyan Zheng
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresources and Environment, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang 222005, China; Jiangsu Institute of Marine Resources Development, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang 222005, China; Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China; Co-Innovation Center of Jiangsu Marine Bio-industry Technology, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang 222005, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresources and Environment, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang 222005, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresources and Environment, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang 222005, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresources and Environment, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang 222005, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresources and Environment, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang 222005, China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biology, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biology, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; Co-Innovation Center of Jiangsu Marine Bio-industry Technology, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang 222005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China; Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China; Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China.
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A Fast-Growing Oleaginous Strain of Coelastrella Capable of Astaxanthin and Canthaxanthin Accumulation in Phototrophy and Heterotrophy. Life (Basel) 2022; 12:life12030334. [PMID: 35330084 PMCID: PMC8955800 DOI: 10.3390/life12030334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2021] [Revised: 02/08/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Considering the importance of microalgae as a promising feedstock for the production of both low- and high-value products, such as lipids and pigments, it is desirable to isolate strains which simultaneously accumulate these two types of products and grow in various conditions in order to widen their biotechnological applicability. A novel freshwater strain from the genus Coelastrella was isolated in Belgium. Compared to other Coelastrella species, the isolate presented rapid growth in phototrophy, dividing 3.5 times per day at a light intensity of 400 µmol·m−2·s−1 and 5% CO2. In addition, nitrogen depletion was associated with the accumulation of astaxanthin, canthaxanthin, and fatty acids, which reached ~30% of dry weight, and a majority of SFAs and MUFAs, which are good precursors for biodiesel. This strain also accumulated astaxanthin and canthaxanthin in heterotrophy. Although the content was very low in this latter condition, it is an interesting feature considering the biotechnological potential of the microalgal heterotrophic growth. Thus, due to its rapid growth in the light, its carotenogenesis, and its fatty acids characteristics, the newly identified Coelastrella strain could be considered as a potential candidate for biorefinery purposes of both low- and high-values products.
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Effects of Structural and Compositional Changes of Nanochloropsis oceania after Enzyme Treatment on EPA-Rich Lipids Extraction. Mar Drugs 2022; 20:md20030160. [PMID: 35323459 PMCID: PMC8955213 DOI: 10.3390/md20030160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Revised: 02/14/2022] [Accepted: 02/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Improved methods for the extraction of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), an essential and economically important polyunsaturated fatty acid, are urgently required. However, lipid extraction rates using food-grade solvents such as ethanol are usually low. To improve the ethanol-based extraction rate, and to elucidate the relevant mechanisms, we used cellulase and laccase to treat powdered Nannochloropsis, one of the most promising microalgal sources of EPA. Cellulase and laccase synergistically increased lipid yields by 69.31% and lipid EPA content by 42.63%, by degrading the amorphous hemicellulose and cellulose, improving crystallinity, and promoting the release and extraction of lysodiacylglyceryltrimethylhomoserine. Scanning electron microscopy showed that cell morphology was substantially altered, with cell-wall rupture, loss of cell boundaries, and the release of intracellular substances. In conclusion, Nannochloropsis lipid yields may be directly linked to cell-wall hemicellulose structure, and enzymatic treatment to alter this may improve lipid yields.
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Sheng Y, Mathimani T, Brindhadevi K, Basha S, Elfasakhany A, Xia C, Pugazhendhi A. Combined effect of CO 2 concentration and low-cost urea repletion/starvation in Chlorella vulgaris for ameliorating growth metrics, total and non-polar lipid accumulation and fatty acid composition. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 808:151969. [PMID: 34843758 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2021] [Revised: 11/10/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Different CO2 concentration such as 0.03, 5, 10 and 15% and low-cost urea repletion/starvation in Chlorella vulgaris on growth, total and non-polar lipid content and fatty acid composition was studied. Chlorella vulgaris grown at 0.03% CO2 apparently revealed inferior biomass yield 0.55 g/L on 14th day compared to CO2 supplemented cells. In the case of CO2 supply, 15% CO2 has unveiled higher biomass yield at about 1.83 g/L on day 12 whereas biomass yield for 5 and 10% CO2 supplemented cells was 1.61 and 1.73 g/L, respectively on 12th day of cultivation. The biomass productivity (g) per liter per day was 32 mg in control condition whereas it was 125, 134 and 144 mg/L/d in 5, 10 and 15% CO2 supplied cells, respectively. Lipid content of the strain grown at control, 5, 10 and 15% CO2 was 21.2, 22.1, 23.4 and 24.6%, respectively and however, without CO2 addition in low-cost urea repleted and urea depleted medium grown cells revealed 21.2 and 24.2%, respectively. Interestingly, strain grown at 15% CO2 supply in urea deplete medium yielded 28.7% lipid and contribution of non-polar lipids in total lipids is 69.7%. Further, the fatty acid composition of the strain grown in 15% CO2 supply in urea depleted medium showed C16:0, C16:1, C18:1 and C18:3 in the level of 30.12, 9.98, 23.43, and 11.97%, respectively compared to control and urea amended condition.
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- Yequan Sheng
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210037, China
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- Department of Energy and Environment, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli 620015, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, India
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- Department of Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Taif University, PO box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
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- Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210037, China.
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- School of Renewable Energy, Maejo University, Chiang Mai, 50290, Thailand; College of Medical and Health Science, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan.
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Latest Expansions in Lipid Enhancement of Microalgae for Biodiesel Production: An Update. ENERGIES 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/en15041550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Research progress on sustainable and renewable biofuel has gained motion over the years, not just due to the rapid reduction of dwindling fossil fuel supplies but also due to environmental and potential energy security issues as well. Intense interest in microalgae (photosynthetic microbes) as a promising feedstock for third-generation biofuels has grown over recent years. Fuels derived from algae are now considered sustainable biofuels that are promising, renewable, and clean. Therefore, selecting the robust species of microalgae with substantial features for quality biodiesel production is the first step in the way of biofuel production. A contemporary investigation is more focused on several strategies and techniques to achieve higher biomass and triglycerides in microalgae. The improvement in lipid enhancement in microalgae species by genetic manipulation approaches, such as metabolic or genetic alteration, and the use of nanotechnology are the most recent ways of improving the production of biomass and lipids. Hence, the current review collects up-to-date approaches for microalgae lipid increase and biodiesel generation. The strategies for high biomass and high lipid yield are discussed. Additionally, various pretreatment procedures that may aid in lipid harvesting efficiency and improve lipid recovery rate are described.
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Genome editing with removable TALEN vectors harboring a yeast centromere and autonomous replication sequence in oleaginous microalga. Sci Rep 2022; 12:2480. [PMID: 35169205 PMCID: PMC8847555 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-06495-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Algal lipids are expected to become a basis for sustainable fuels because of the highly efficient lipid production by photosynthesis accompanied by carbon dioxide assimilation. Molecular breeding of microalgae has been studied to improve algal lipid production, but the resultant gene-modified algae containing transgenes are rarely used for outdoor culture because the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is strictly restricted under biocontainment regulations. Recently, it was reported that plasmids containing yeast centromere and autonomous replication sequence (CEN/ARS) behaved as episomes in Nannochloropsis species. We previously reported that the Platinum TALEN (PtTALEN) system exhibited high activity in Nannochloropsis oceanica. Therefore, we attempted to develop a genome editing system in which the expression vectors for PtTALEN can be removed from host cells after introduction of mutations. Using all-in-one PtTALEN plasmids containing CEN/ARS, targeted mutations and removal of all-in-one vectors were observed in N. oceanica, suggesting that our all-in-one PtTALEN vectors enable the construction of mutated N. oceanica without any transgenes. This system will be a feasible method for constructing non-GMO high-performance algae.
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Farfan-Cabrera LI, Franco-Morgado M, González-Sánchez A, Pérez-González J, Marín-Santibáñez BM. Microalgae Biomass as a New Potential Source of Sustainable Green Lubricants. Molecules 2022; 27:1205. [PMID: 35208995 PMCID: PMC8875479 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27041205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Revised: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Lubricants are materials able to reduce friction and/or wear of any type of moving surfaces facilitating smooth operations, maintaining reliable machine functions, and reducing risks of failures while contributing to energy savings. At present, most worldwide used lubricants are derived from crude oil. However, production, usage and disposal of these lubricants have significant impact on environment and health. Hence, there is a growing pressure to reduce demand of this sort of lubricants, which has fostered development and use of green lubricants, as vegetable oil-based lubricants (biolubricants). Despite the ecological benefits of producing/using biolubricants, availability of the required raw materials and agricultural land to create a reliable chain supply is still far from being established. Recently, biomass from some microalgae species has attracted attention due to their capacity to produce high-value lipids/oils for potential lubricants production. Thus, this multidisciplinary work reviews the main chemical-physical characteristics of lubricants and the main attempts and progress on microalgae biomass production for developing oils with pertinent lubricating properties. In addition, potential microalgae strains and chemical modifications to their oils to produce lubricants for different industrial applications are identified. Finally, a guide for microalgae oil selection based on its chemical composition for specific lubricant applications is provided.
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- Leonardo I. Farfan-Cabrera
- Tecnológico de Monterrey, Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Ave. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501, Monterrey 64849, Mexico;
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- Tecnológico de Monterrey, Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Ave. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501, Monterrey 64849, Mexico;
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- Instituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Escolar, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City 04510, Mexico;
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- Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Superior de Física y Matemáticas, Laboratorio de Reología y Física de la Materia Blanda, U.P. Adolfo López Mateos Edif. 9, Col. Lindavista, Alc. Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City 07738, Mexico;
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- Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Química e Industrias Extractivas, U.P. Adolfo López Mateos Edif. 7, Col. Lindavista, Alc. Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City 07738, Mexico;
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Mofijur M, Ashrafur Rahman SM, Nguyen LN, Mahlia TMI, Nghiem LD. Selection of microalgae strains for sustainable production of aviation biofuel. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 345:126408. [PMID: 34838631 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Revised: 11/17/2021] [Accepted: 11/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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This study develops and applies the PROMETHEE-GAIA method as a new tool to select microalgae strains for aviation fuel production. Assessment involves 19 criteria with equal weighting in three aspects, namely biomass production, lipid quality, and fatty acid methylester properties. Here, the method is demonstrated for evaluating 17 candidate microalgae strains. Chlorella sp. NT8a is assessed as the most suitable strain for aviation fuel production. The results also show that unmodified biofuel from the most suitable strain could not meet all jet fuel standards. In particular, microalgae-based fuel could not satisfy the required density, heating value and freezing points of the international jet fuel standards. These results highlight the need for a broad action plan including improvement in the processing or modification of biofuel produced from microalgae and revision of the current jet fuel standards to facilitate the introduction of microalgae-based biofuel for the aviation industry.
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- M Mofijur
- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Biofuel Engine Research Facility, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia.
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Perečinec MG, Babić S, Čižmek L, Selmani A, Popović NT, Sikirić MD, Strunjak-Perović I, Čož-Rakovac R. Selenite as a Lipid Inductor in Marine Microalga Dunaliella tertiolecta: Comparison of One-Stage and Two-Stage Cultivation Strategies. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2022; 194:930-949. [PMID: 34586600 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-021-03659-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Microalgae have emerged as one of the most promising alternative sources of biofuels due to their high lipid accumulation ability. High lipid content is of pivotal importance for biodiesel production. In order to obtain high lipid content, modifications of culture conditions and development of an efficient lipid induction method are called for. In the present study, the possibility of using selenium in a form of sodium selenite as a lipid inductor in marine microalga Dunaliella tertiolecta was investigated during one- and two-stage cultivation modes. The effects of selenite on algal growth, pigment content, oxidative stress, and neutral lipid content were determined during both cultivation modes. The results revealed that the two-stage cultivation on 10.00-40.00 mg L-1 of selenite resulted in up to twofold higher algal cell density compared to the one-stage cultivation. Selenite concentrations from 2.50 to 20.00 mg L-1 increased lipid peroxidation during both cultivation modes, emphasizing the selenite-induced oxidative stress accompanied by the increased lipid accumulation in microalgae cells. During one- and two-stage cultivation on 20.00 mg L-1 of selenite, lipid content increased 2.39- and 5.73-fold at days 9 and 14 of cultivation, respectively. Moreover, the highest obtained neutral lipid content during the two-stage cultivation was 5.40-fold higher than lipid content obtained during the one-stage cultivation. Collectively, these results suggest that the two-stage cultivation strategy, initiated with optimal culture conditions for biomass production and followed by the addition of selenite as a stress inductor, can be successfully deployed to enhance the lipid content in D. tertiolecta.
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- Maja Galić Perečinec
- Laboratory for Aquaculture Biotechnology, Division of Materials Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, Zagreb, Croatia
- Centre of Excellence for Marine Bioprospecting (BioProCro), Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Laboratory for Aquaculture Biotechnology, Division of Materials Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, Zagreb, Croatia.
- Centre of Excellence for Marine Bioprospecting (BioProCro), Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia.
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- Laboratory for Aquaculture Biotechnology, Division of Materials Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, Zagreb, Croatia
- Centre of Excellence for Marine Bioprospecting (BioProCro), Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Laboratory for Biocolloids and Surface Chemistry, Division of Physical Chemistry Zagreb, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Laboratory for Aquaculture Biotechnology, Division of Materials Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, Zagreb, Croatia
- Centre of Excellence for Marine Bioprospecting (BioProCro), Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Laboratory for Biocolloids and Surface Chemistry, Division of Physical Chemistry Zagreb, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Laboratory for Aquaculture Biotechnology, Division of Materials Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, Zagreb, Croatia
- Centre of Excellence for Marine Bioprospecting (BioProCro), Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Laboratory for Aquaculture Biotechnology, Division of Materials Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, Zagreb, Croatia
- Centre of Excellence for Marine Bioprospecting (BioProCro), Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
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Influence of Different Light Sources on the Biochemical Composition of Arthrospira spp. Grown in Model Systems. Foods 2022; 11:foods11030399. [PMID: 35159549 PMCID: PMC8834439 DOI: 10.3390/foods11030399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Revised: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/27/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Arthrospira platensis and Arthrospira maxima are prokaryotic microalgae commercially marketed as spirulina. The pigments extracted from these algae are widely used for cosmetic and nutraceutical applications. This work aimed to evaluate the influence of three light-emitting lamps (white, orange and blue) on the growth and biomass composition of two strains of A. platensis (M2 and M2M) and one of A. maxima. The obtained data show strain- and light-dependent responses of the microalgae. In addition, white and orange lights led to a similar overall effect by increasing the levels of chlorophyll a and carotenoids. However, exposure to orange light resulted in the highest dry weight (5973.3 mg L−1 in M2M), whereas white light stimulated an increase in the carbohydrate fraction (up to 42.36 g 100 g−1 in A. maxima). Conversely, blue light led to a constant increase in the concentration of phycocyanin (14 g 100 g−1 in A. maxima) and a higher content of proteins in all strains. These results provide important environmental information for modulating the growth of different spirulina strains, which can be used to address the synthesis of biochemical compounds of strategic importance for the development of new nutraceutical foods.
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Udayan A, Pandey AK, Sirohi R, Sreekumar N, Sang BI, Sim SJ, Kim SH, Pandey A. Production of microalgae with high lipid content and their potential as sources of nutraceuticals. PHYTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS : PROCEEDINGS OF THE PHYTOCHEMICAL SOCIETY OF EUROPE 2022; 22:1-28. [PMID: 35095355 PMCID: PMC8783767 DOI: 10.1007/s11101-021-09784-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 10/07/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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In the current global scenario, the world is under a serious dilemma due to the increasing human population, industrialization, and urbanization. The ever-increasing need for fuels and increasing nutritional problems have made a serious concern on the demand for nutrients and renewable and eco-friendly fuel sources. Currently, the use of fossil fuels is creating ecological and economic problems. Microalgae have been considered as a promising candidate for high-value metabolites and alternative renewable energy sources. Microalgae offer several advantages such as rapid growth rate, efficient land utilization, carbon dioxide sequestration, ability to cultivate in wastewater, and most importantly, they do not participate in the food crop versus energy crop dilemma or debate. An efficient microalgal biorefinery system for the production of lipids and subsequent byproduct for nutraceutical applications could well satisfy the need. But, the current microalgal cultivation systems for the production of lipids and nutraceuticals do not offer techno-economic feasibility together with energy and environmental sustainability. This review article has its main focus on the production of lipids and nutraceuticals from microalgae, covering the current strategies used for lipid production and the major high-value metabolites from microalgae and their nutraceutical importance. This review also provides insights on the future strategies for enhanced microalgal lipid production and subsequent utilization of microalgal biomass. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
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- Aswathy Udayan
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
- Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226 029 India
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- Accubits Invent, Accubits Technologies Inc., Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695 004 India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226 029 India
- Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226 001 India
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Kassaw TK, Paton AJ, Peers G. Episome-Based Gene Expression Modulation Platform in the Model Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. ACS Synth Biol 2022; 11:191-204. [PMID: 35015507 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.1c00367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Chemically inducible gene expression systems have been an integral part of the advanced synthetic genetic circuit design and are employed for precise dynamic control over genetically engineered traits. However, the current systems for controlling transgene expression in most algae are limited to endogenous promoters that respond to different environmental factors. We developed a highly efficient, tunable, and reversible episome-based transcriptional control system in the model diatom alga, Phaeodactylum tricornutum. We assessed the time- and dose-response dynamics of each expression system using a reporter protein (eYFP) as a readout. Using our circuit configuration, we found two inducible expression systems with a high dynamic range and confirmed the suitability of an episome expression platform for synthetic biological applications in diatoms. These systems are controlled by the presence of β-estradiol and digoxin. Addition of either chemical to transgenic strains activates transcription with a dynamic range of up to ∼180-fold and ∼90-fold, respectively. We demonstrated that our episome-based transcriptional control systems are tunable and reversible in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Using droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (PCR), we also confirmed that inducer-dependent transcriptional activation starts within minutes of inducer application without any detectable transcript in the uninduced controls. The system described here expands the molecular and synthetic biology toolkits in algae and will facilitate future gene discovery and metabolic engineering efforts.
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- Tessema K. Kassaw
- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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Gao P, Guo L, Gao M, Zhao Y, Jin C, She Z. Regulation of carbon source metabolism in mixotrophic microalgae cultivation in response to light intensity variation. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2022; 302:114095. [PMID: 34775333 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2021] [Revised: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 11/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Microalgae are one of the promising sources for renewable energy production, and the light intensity variation can affect the biofuel generation and carbon assimilation of mixotrophic microalgae. To reveal the response of carbon assimilation to light intensity, the effect of light intensity on the carbon source metabolism of Chlorella vulgaris under mixotrophic cultivation was investigated in this study. Moreover, the optimal carbon source composition for mixotrophic microalgae cultivation was evaluated using bicarbonate (HCO3-) and carbonate (CO32-) as inorganic carbon sources, and glucose and acetate as organic carbon sources. The optimal light intensity for Chlorella vulgaris growth was at the range of 8000-12000 lux. For the accumulation of biochemical components, low light intensity was beneficial to protein accumulation, and high light intensity was advantageous for carbohydrate and lipid accumulation. With HCO3- and glucose, the maximum lipid content reached 37.0% at a light intensity of 12000 lux. The citrate synthase activity was negatively correlated with light intensity, showing an opposite trend to biomass production. High light intensity had a positive impact on Rubisco expression, which promoted the microalgae growth and carbon fixing. The energy produced by heterotrophic metabolic activities increased at low light intensity, and the enhancement of biomass production with high light intensity was mainly caused by the improved photoreaction efficiency during the mixotrophic cultivation.
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- Pengtao Gao
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China; Department of Chemical Engineering, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China; Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Geological Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
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Zhu Q, Zhang M, Liu B, Wen F, Yang Z, Liu J. Transcriptome and Metabolome Profiling of a Novel Isolate Chlorella sorokiniana G32 (Chlorophyta) Displaying Enhanced Starch Accumulation at High Growth Rate Under Mixotrophic Condition. Front Microbiol 2022; 12:760307. [PMID: 35069466 PMCID: PMC8770532 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.760307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Chlorella sorokiniana is one of the most productive microalgal species with a high potential for the production of biofuels and other high value-added molecules. Many studies have focused on its capability of mixotrophic growth using reduced organic carbon and growth pattern shift between autotrophic and mixotrophic conditions. In this study, we investigated growth patterns of a novel isolate, C. sorokiniana G32, under mixotrophic growth conditions supplemented with a low level (1.25 g L-1) and a high level (5 g L-1) of glucose. Physiological, transcriptomic (i.e., RNA-seq), and metabolomic (i.e., LC-MS/MS) methods were used. We showed that peak growth based on OD680nm absorbance is ∼4-fold higher with high glucose vs. low glucose supplementation. Photosynthetic efficiency (Fv/Fm) in G32 mixotrophic cultures with high or low glucose supplementation remains identical to that of G32 phototrophic growth. We also found that the conversion rate between absorbance-based cell density and cell dry weight with high glucose supplementation was lower than with low glucose. This suggests that more cell biomass is produced under high glucose treatment than with low glucose. The result was confirmed via sucrose density gradient centrifugation. It is likely that accumulation of high concentration of starch may account for this effect. Transcriptomic analysis of G32 cultures (i.e., via RNA-seq) in response to reciprocal change of glucose levels reveals that expression of a subset of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) is correlated with the amount of glucose supplementation. These DEGs are designated as glucose-specific responsive (GSR) genes. GSR genes are enriched for a number of energy metabolic pathways. Together with metabolomics data (i.e., LC-MS/MS), we show that under high-level supplementation, glucose is preferentially oxidized through an oxidative pentose phosphate pathway. Collectively, our results indicate the mechanism of regulation of glucose assimilation and energy metabolism in G32 under mixotrophic conditions with different levels of glucose supplementation revealed by transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses. We propose that C. sorokiniana G32 has the potential for the production of high value-added molecules.
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Affiliation(s)
- Qingling Zhu
- Systems Biology, School of Marine Science and Technology, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, China
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- Systems Biology, School of Marine Science and Technology, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, China
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- Marine Biology, Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan, China
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- Marine Biology, Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan, China
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- Systems Biology, School of Marine Science and Technology, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, China
| | - Jianhua Liu
- Systems Biology, School of Marine Science and Technology, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, China
- National Engineering Research Center for Marine Aquaculture, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, China
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