Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2014, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (1): 19-26.

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New Biodiesel Raw Material—Microbial Lipid

Jia Bin1,2, Wang Yanan2, He Weihong2, Liu Dehai2, Xie Fuhong2, Wang Jiwen2, Feng Fei2, Huang Ying1   

  1. 1. College of Life Science,Shenzhen University,Shenzhen 518061;
    2. Henan Key laboratory of microbe engineering, Zhengzhou 450003
  • Received:2013-06-03 Online:2014-01-23 Published:2014-01-23

Abstract: Biodiesel is an important approaches for substitution of fossil energy, however, high raw material cost restricts its further application. Microbial lipid is ideal biodiesel raw material because of its quality of sufficient supply, cheapness and none farmland consuming. In this paper, we summarized resent progress in microbial lipid extraction and determination, detailed reviewed the applications of transposon tagging, metabolic pathway control, transcription factor control and fermentation optimization in cellular lipid accumulation, discussed the possibility and advantages of biodiesel production using microbial lipid.

Key words: Microbial lipid, Biodiesel, Lipid determination, Metabolism pathway control