Indira K

Structure and Biosynthesis of hydrocarbon of biofuel significance in marine algae

The World’s supply of petroleum hydrocarbons, which serves as feedstock for the fuel and chemical industries is rapidly diminishing. This unavoidable reality, necessitates the development of renewable energy resources. Microalgae based biodiesel research been intensively researched but hydrocarbons of biofuel significance have been under represented in literature. The present research focuses on the structural characterization and biosynthetic pathway elucidation of hydrocarbons of biofuel significance in marine diatoms, with a long term objective of understanding hydrocarbon biosynthesis in the diatoms for further genetic engineering of potent genes in lipids rich in microalgae for the direct production of hydrocarbon.