Author(s): Castro, Rita ; Cavaleiro, Ana Júlia ; Pereira, M. A.
Date: 2018
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/55080
Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
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Bacteria are recognized as a sustainable source of renewable feedstocks for production of biofuels and other chemicals. Triacylglycerols and wax esters, with potential applications similar to the ones derived from plants, can be produced by several groups of bacteria using inexpensive carbon sources, such as organic residues from industry or municipal sources. Also, aliphatic hydrocarbons, which are the main components of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels, can be produced by some bacteria directly from sunlight and CO2 or by other groups using renewable organic sources. This chapter highlights the advantages and biotechnological applications of bacterial oil and hydrocarbon (O&H) production, in particular for the biofuel industry, gives an overview of the bacterial groups having this capacity, and finally outlines major research needs in the field
This study was supported by the European Research Council under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP/2007–2013)/ERC Grant Agreement no. 323009 and by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) under the scope of projectMORE(PTDC/AAG-TEC/3500/2014;POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016575) and of the strategic funding of UID/BIO/04469/2013 unit and COMPETE 2020 (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006684), of Project RECI/BBB-EBI/0179/2012 (FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-027462), POCI-01-0145-FEDER007679 (UID/CTM/50011/2013), and by BioTecNorte operation (NORTE-01-0145-FEDER000004) funded by the European Regional Development Fund under the scope of Norte 2020 – Programa Operacional Regional do Norte.
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