A novel characteristic of a phytoplankton as a potential source of straight-chain alkanes

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Naomi Harada, Yuu Hirose, Song Chihong, Hirofumi Kurita, Miyako Sato, Jonaotaro Onodera, Kazuyoshi Murata, Fumihiro Itoh
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Pacific; Rotunda; Phytoplankton
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93204-w; https://doaj.org/article/45be0026f3534a328549231dd8daeb03

Abstract Biosynthesis of hydrocarbons is a promising approach for the production of alternative sources of energy because of the emerging need to reduce global consumption of fossil fuels. However, the suitability of biogenic hydrocarbons as fuels is limited because their range of the number of carb...