Lieve M.L. Laurens

TL;DR: The main conclusions are that the biochemical composition of the biomass influences the economics, in particular, increased lipid content reduces other valuable compounds in the biomass; the “biofuel only” option is unlikely to be economically viable; and among the hardest problems in assessing the economics are the cost of the CO2 supply and uncertain nature of downstream processing.

TL;DR: Although significant literature exists on microalgal growth and biochemistry, significantly more work needs to be undertaken to understand and potentially manipulate algal lipid metabolism, which means simulations that incorporate financial elements are likely to be increasingly useful for predicting reactor design efficiency and life cycle analysis.

TL;DR: The results demonstrate that both starchless mutants metabolize less acetate and have more severely attenuated levels of photosynthetic O2 evolution than CC124, indicating that a decrease in overall anabolic processes is a significant physiological response in the starch less mutants during nitrogen deprivation.

TL;DR: It appeared that the xylem pericycle is more pluripotent than previously thought, and was accompanied by the ability of pericycle derivatives to retain diploidy, even after several rounds of cell division, while the phloem pericycle did not display such developmental plasticity.

TL;DR: Biodiversity, catalytic properties and key enzymes and pathways of these microbes are summarized, and an analysis of raw material costs suggests that methane- derived diesel fuel has the potential to be competitive with petroleum-derived diesel.