Presence of methyl branched fatty acids and saturated hydrocarbons from Botryococcene producing strain of Botryococcus braunii.

Dayananda, C. and Sarada, R. and Srinivas, P. and Shamala, T. R. and Ravishankar, G. A. (2006) Presence of methyl branched fatty acids and saturated hydrocarbons from Botryococcene producing strain of Botryococcus braunii. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 28 (3). pp. 251-256.

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Abstract

Botryococcus braunii (N-836) produced 60 - 73% hydrocarbons on dry weight ba sis, of which C34 botryococcene was found to be the major hydrocarbon, constituting about 50 – 76% of total content throughout the experimental studies. Major fatty acids present in this organism were C18:1 and C16:0. Saturated hydrocarbons like docosane, hexacosane and heptacosane were also found to be produced by the organism. Methyl branched fatty acids, were identified as 16-methyl heptadecanoic and 5, 9, 13-trimethyl tetradecanoic acids by GC-MS. Maximum hydrocarbon accumulation was observed during third week of its growth.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Fatty acids; Methyl; Saturated hydrcarbons; Botryococcene; Botryococcus braunii
Subjects:	600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 09 Food Microbiology
Divisions:	Plant Cell Biotechnology
Depositing User:	Users 16 not found.
Date Deposited:	30 May 2011 09:28
Last Modified:	02 Jul 2015 07:56
URI:	http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/10018

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