The urge for food security and sustainability has advanced the field of microalgal
biotechnology. Microalgae are microorganisms able to grow using (sun) light, fertilizers …

The use of fossil fuels has been strongly related to critical problems currently affecting
society, such as: global warming, global greenhouse effects and pollution. These problems …

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 …

Microorganisms are known to be natural oil producers in their cellular compartments.
Microorganisms that accumulate more than 20% w/w of lipids on a cell dry weight basis are …

This unit describes how to use the genome annotation and curation tools MAKER and
MAKER‐P to annotate protein‐coding and noncoding RNA genes in newly assembled …

Microalgae are considered promising functional food ingredients due to their balanced
composition, containing multiple nutritional and health-beneficial components. However …

Microalgae have the potential to become microbial cell factories for lipid production. Their
ability to convert sunlight and CO 2 into valuable lipid compounds has attracted interest from …

N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs), and especially eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)
and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), are essential compounds for human health. They have …

Microalgal lipids are highly promising feedstocks for biofuel production. Microalgal lipids,
especially triacylglycerol, and practical applications of these compounds have received …

Microalgae are sunlight-driven green cell factories for the production of potential bioactive
products and biofuels. Nannochloropsis represents a genus of marine microalgae with high …