Synthetic ecology - A way forward for sustainable algal biofuel production?
Synthetic ecology - A way forward for sustainable algal biofuel production?
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jbiotec.2012.03.022
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发表时间：
2012-11-30
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
Smith, Alison G.
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作者：
Kazamia, Elena;Aldridge, David C.;Smith, Alison G.
藻类生物燃料生产作为可持续生物能源具有巨大潜力，且无需与粮食作物争夺耕地。然而，必须克服许多挑战才能使其以生产生物燃料所需的规模商业化。在这里，我们解释了对藻类生态学的理解如何能够导致更可靠的基于水道的微藻培养，借鉴群落生态学的既定原理，强调可用于保护藻类培养物免受有害污染物影响的实践。使用理论概念，我们展示了如何利用对物种层面的当地群落动态的理解，通过鼓励某些群落结构而不是其他群落结构来提高生产力。 (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. 保留所有权利。
Algal biofuel production offers great potential as a sustainable source of bioenergy without competing for arable land with food crops. However, many challenges must be overcome to enable this to be done commercially at the scale required to produce biofuels. Here we explain how an understanding of algal ecology could lead to more reliable raceway-based microalgal cultivation, drawing from established principles of community ecology to highlight practices that could be applied to protect algal cultures from unwanted contaminants. Using theoretical concepts, we show how an understanding of local community dynamics at the species level might be used to enhance productivity by encouraging certain community structures over others. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.