NOVEL MICROALGAE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING BIOFUEL USING THE SAME

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide novel microalgae that have growth rates allowing economic efficiency and business profitability to be ensured and have extremely high contents of fats and oils usable as ingredients of a biofuel.SOLUTION: The microalgae belong to the genus Ankistrodesmus and are characterized by cells in needle shape with cell length of 15-100 μm and by colony formation.