High growth rate (200 times or more than conventional vegetable crops (liter/ hectare/year).
2.Accumulate higher amounts of lipids up to 60% compared to conventional crops up to 5-7% of DW.
3.Biodiesel yield 5000-20000 gallon/acre/year compared to 50-500 gallon/acre/year for crops.
4.Microalgae can grow in non-arable land, seawater or brackish and waste industrial water with higher photosynthetic efficiency (average 3-9% sun light irradiance) and CO 2 sequestration capacity. No competition for resources with classical agriculture sources.
5.The composition of the biomass (lipids, carbohydrates or protein, neutraceuticals accumulation) can be monitored by varying the cultivation and growth parameters such as nutrients, light efficiency etc.
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