Microbial Lipids and Biodiesel Technologies

This book, belonging to energy discipline, summarized the latest research progress in the development of microbial lipids and biodiesel technologies. This book introduced the concept and development of microbial lipids and biodiesel technologies, the microbial lipid technology based on oleaginous yeasts, filamentous fungi, microalgae, bacteria, and thraustochytrids. Meanwhile, this book introduced the inhibition and removal of lignocellulosic hydrolysis inhibitors on microbial fermentation for lipid production, the isolation and screening of high-yield strains of oleaginous microorganisms, the use of metabolic engineering to transform oleaginous microorganisms, the process engineering technologies for optimization and process improvement, the harvesting of microbial cells and the extraction of microbial lipids, the production of crude biodiesel by esterification of microbial lipids, the biodiesel purification technology as well as the challenges and prospects of the industrialization of biodiesel technology based on microbial lipids. Reading this book will help readers comprehensively understand the latest developments in the field of "microbial lipids and biodiesel technologies". This book takes into account the relevant practical engineering technologies and the latest basic scientific research, and can be used as a reference for the researchers, engineers, investors, policy-makers, and students engaged in clean energy, microbial lipids and biodiesel industries.

Chapter 1 - Concept and development history of microbial lipids and biodiesel technologies. - Chapter 2 Microbial lipid technology based on oleaginous yeasts. - Chapter 3 Microbial lipid technology based on oleaginous filamentous fungi. - Chapter 4 Microbial lipid technology based on oleaginous microalgae. - Chapter 5 Microbial lipid technology based on oleaginous bacteria. - Chapter 6 Microbial lipid technology based on oleaginous thraustochytrids. - Chapter 7 Inhibition and deactivation of lignocellulosic hydrolysis inhibitors on microbial fermentation for microbial lipid production. - Chapter 8 Isolation, screening, breeding and preservation of high-yield strains of oleaginous microorganisms. - Chapter 9 Improvement of the ability of lipid accumulation by modifying oleaginous microorganisms through metabolic engineering. - Chapter 10 Process engineering technologies for optimization and enhancement of the microbial fermentation for lipid production. - Chapter 11 Harvesting of oleaginous microbial cells and extraction of microbial lipids. - Chapter 12 Production of crude biodiesel by transesterification of microbial lipid and its purification technology. - Chapter 13 Challenges and prospects of biodiesel technology for industrialization based on microbial lipids.