Increasing the triacylglycerol content in dunaliella tertiolecta through isolation of starch-deficient mutants

• Main Authors: Anchalee Sirikhachornkit, Supachai Vuttipongchaikij, Anongpat Suttangkakul, Kittisak Yokthongwattana, Piyada Juntawong, Prayad Pokethitiyook, Kunn Kangvansaichol, Metha Meetam
• Other Authors: Kasetsart University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Immunology and Microbiology
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/43046
• Institution: Mahidol University

© 2016 by The Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology. The production cost of biodiesel from microalgae is still not competitive, compared with that of petroleum fuels. The genetic improvement of microalgal strains to increase triacylglycerol (TAG) accumulation is one way to reduce product...