Screening of Oil-Producing Microalgae and Detecting Dynamics of Neutral Lipid Accumulation
Screening of Oil-Producing Microalgae and Detecting Dynamics of Neutral Lipid Accumulation
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2010
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X. Jilin
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X. Jilin
Microalgae are considered ideal resources for the production of bio-oil. In this study, 63 strains of microalgae, from Microalgae Collection Center of Ningbo University, were screened for neutral lipid by Nile red fluorescence, and dynamics of neutral lipid accumulation were tracked. The top three oil-producing algae were Thalassiosira pseudonana, Chlorella pyrenoidosa and Pavlova viridis. Based on the Nile red method, changes in cellular neutral lipid during population growth were observed. The results showed that neutral lipid began to accumulate abundantly from late exponential growth phase to stationary phase. Increase in lipid body in T. pseudonana was also observed by transmission election microscopy (TEM), which further confirmed accumulation of neutral lipid during late growth phase. It is indicated that T. pseudonana could be considered as potential microalgal species for bio-oil production.