Japan · Tokyo Tech: Super algae improves oil productivity dramatically – Scientific Reports
Break down the biggest barrier in biofuel production
Research group strengthened the expression of one of the oil biosynthesis genes GPAT1 and discovered that “oil production” and “cell proliferation” are compatible.
The discovery can be said that “fundamentally solved the biggest problem in algae and oil productivity improvement”.
It is expected to be a breakthrough for practical application of biofuel production by algae.
This result was published on the online edition of the Science magazine “Scientific Reports” in the UK on 17th August.
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