Advanced Algal Photosynthesis-Driven Bioremediation Coupled with Renewable Biomass and Bioenergy Production
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1. An isolated Chlorococcum species characterized by (i) an optimal growth temperature over 40°
- C., (ii) the ability to grow in a high CO2 environment, (iii) an ability to accumulate large quantities of lutein, and (iv) an ability to assimilate large quantities of nutrients selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, phosphorous, and inorganic carbon, or progeny thereof.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to algal species and compositions, methods for identifying algae that produce high lipid content, possess tolerance to high CO2, and/or can grow in waste streams, and methods for using such algae for waste stream remediation and biomass production.
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1. An isolated Chlorococcum species characterized by (i) an optimal growth temperature over 40°
- C., (ii) the ability to grow in a high CO2 environment, (iii) an ability to accumulate large quantities of lutein, and (iv) an ability to assimilate large quantities of nutrients selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, phosphorous, and inorganic carbon, or progeny thereof.
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- 7. An isolated Scenedesmus species characterized by (i) an ability to grow in a high CO2 environment, and (ii) an ability to accumulate carotenoids selected from the group consisting of lutein, zeaxanthin, and astaxanthin, or progeny thereof.
- 13. An isolated Palmellococcus species, characterized by (i) an ability to grow in a high CO2 environment, and (ii) an ability to accumulate astacene, or progeny thereof.
- 19. An isolated Cylindrospermopsis species, characterized by (i) an ability to assimilate large quantities of nutrients selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, phosphorous, and inorganic carbon, (ii) an ability to accumulate large quantities of protein mass, and (iii) an ability to accumulate phycobiliproteins selected from the group consisting of phycocyanin, allophycocyanin, and phycoerythrin), or progeny thereof.
- 25. An isolated Planktothrix species characterized by (i) an ability to assimilate large quantities of nutrients selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, phosphorous, and inorganic carbon, (ii) an ability to accumulate large quantities of protein mass, and (iii) an ability to accumulate phycobiliproteins selected from the group consisting of phycocyanin, allophycocyanin, and phycoerythrin, or progeny thereof.
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31. An isolated Chlorococcum species deposited under ATCC Accession No. ______, and mutant strains derived therefrom.
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32. An isolated Scenedesmus species deposited under ATCC Accession No. ______, and mutant strains derived therefrom.
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33. An isolated Palmellococcus species deposited under ATCC Accession No. ______, and mutant strains derived therefrom.
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34. An isolated Cylindrospermopsis species deposited under ATCC Accession No. ______, and mutant strains derived therefrom.
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35. An isolated Planktothrix species deposited under ATCC Accession No. ______, and mutant strains derived therefrom.
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