Carotenoids have been receiving increasing attention due to their potential health benefits.
Microalgae are recognized as a natural source of carotenoids and other beneficial …

Algal lipid metabolism fascinates both scientists and entrepreneurs due to the large diversity
of fatty acyl structures that algae produce. Algae have therefore long been studied as …

Marine algae of the genus Nannochloropsis are promising producers of biofuel precursors
and nutraceuticals and are also harvested commercially for aquaculture feed. We have used …

As the search for alternatives to fossil fuels continues, microalgae have emerged as a
promising renewable feedstock for biodiesel. Many species contain high lipid concentrations …

Carotenoids are a wide group of lipophylic isoprenoids synthesized by all photosynthetic
organisms and also by some non-photosynthetic bacteria and fungi. Animals, which cannot …

Nannochloropsis have attracted sustained interest from algal biodiesel researchers due to
their high biomass accumulation rate and high lipid content. There are six recognized …

The importance of n-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) for human health
has received more focus the last decades, and the global consumption of n-3 LC-PUFA has …

In recent impetus of phycological research, microalgae have emerged as a potential
candidate for various arena of application-driven research. Omics-based tactics are used for …

The success of the green alga C hlamydomonas reinhardtii as a model organism is to a
large extent due to the wide range of molecular techniques that are available for its …

A major challenge for next decades is development of competitive renewable energy
sources, highly needed to compensate fossil fuels reserves and reduce greenhouse gas …