Researchers cultivate microalgae for biofuel production

Cultivation of microalga B. terribilis and extraction of hydrocarbons. Credit: Bianca Ramos Estevam

A group of researchers at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil have grown microalgae under controlled conditions in a laboratory in order to use their metabolites, especially lipids, with the prime purpose of producing biofuel. The study is reported in an article published in the journal Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery.

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