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Milton Sommerfeld
Researcher at Arizona State University at the Polytechnic campus
Publications - 34
Citations - 6888
Milton Sommerfeld is an academic researcher from Arizona State University at the Polytechnic campus. The author has contributed to research in topics: Haematococcus pluvialis & Astaxanthin. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 33 publications receiving 6294 citations. Previous affiliations of Milton Sommerfeld include Arizona's Public Universities.
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Microalgal triacylglycerols as feedstocks for biofuel production: perspectives and advances
Qiang Hu,Milton Sommerfeld,Eric E. Jarvis,Maria L. Ghirardi,Matthew C. Posewitz,Michael Seibert,Aldis Darzins +6 more
TL;DR: A brief summary of the current knowledge on oleaginous algae and their fatty acid and TAG biosynthesis, algal model systems and genomic approaches to a better understanding of TAG production, and a historical perspective and path forward for microalgae-based biofuel research and commercialization are provided.
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Life-cycle analysis on biodiesel production from microalgae: Water footprint and nutrients balance
TL;DR: The results confirm the competitiveness of microalgae-based biofuels and highlight the necessity of recycling harvested water and using sea/wastewater as water source and the need of all the nutrients except phosphate.
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Inhibition of starch synthesis results in overproduction of lipids in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that biomass and lipid production by the selected mutants can be improved by physiological manipulation and the feasibility of increasing lipid production through redirecting photosynthetically assimilated carbon away from starch synthesis to neutral lipid synthesis is confirmed.
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Chlamydomonas starchless mutant defective in ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase hyper-accumulates triacylglycerol.
Yantao Li,Danxiang Han,Guongrong Hu,David Dauvillée,Milton Sommerfeld,Steven G. Ball,Qiang Hu +6 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that inactivation of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase in a Chlamydomonas starchless mutant led to a 10-fold increase in TAG, suggesting that shunting of photosynthetic carbon partitioning from starch to TAG synthesis may represent a more effective strategy than direct manipulation of the lipid synthesis pathway to overproduce TAG.
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Harvesting algal biomass for biofuels using ultrafiltration membranes.
TL;DR: The results showed that the buildup of the algal cake layer and adsorption of algogenic organic matter (AOM) on the membrane caused membrane fouling, and anti-fouling strategies were established, such as using air-assisted backwash with air scouring, and optimizing operational conditions.