ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ БИОРАЗНООБРАЗИЯ МИКРОВОДОРОСЛЕЙ ЗАПАДНОЙ СИБИРИ ДЛЯ ПРИМЕНЕНИЯ В ПРОЦЕССАХ ПОЛУЧЕНИЯ БИОТОПЛИВА ТРЕТЬЕГО ПОКОЛЕНИЯ

The prospects of new alga strains as a source of non-food renewable biomass suitable for third generation biofuel production are discussed. West Siberia is of special interest, as it has a broad range of habitats and weakly studied microalga biodiversity. During this study, a number of strains were isolated. Of them, Chlorella spp. A1125 met the requirements for cultivation in a pilot-scale photobioreactor: high biomass productivity and high lipid content (0,081 g/l, or 23 % dry weight). The strain had high contents of saturated C16:0 (25 %) and unsaturated fatty acids: C16:2 (16 %) and C18:2 (27 %), thus being promising for catalytic production of third generation biofuel.