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Microfungi in Biofuel and Bioenergy Research

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Biology of Microfungi

Part of the book series: Fungal Biology ((FUNGBIO))

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During the last two decades, there has been increasing interest in biodiesel as an alternative biofuel. Oleaginous fungi can represent a sustainable alternative to plant oil for the production of biodiesel and they can accumulate intracellular lipids up to 70 % under stress condition. Oleaginous fungi have given a new turn to fuel generation, as their lipids are rich in Tri-acyl glyceraldehydes (TAG) and specific polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA). With the increase in population, fuel production will be highly expensive and therefore a promising alternative is to look at microbial oil technology. This chapter focuses on the important fungi and enzymes involved in biofuel production and recent technologies for lipid extraction, which provide a platform for a viable and successful development in an industrial production process.

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The authors wish to thank the Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi-221005, India, and DST-INSPIRE fellowship scheme for the financial assistance.

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Raghuwanshi, R., Singh, S., Aamir, M., Saxena, A., Gupta, V.K., Upadhyay, R.S. (2016). Microfungi in Biofuel and Bioenergy Research. In: Li, DW. (eds) Biology of Microfungi. Fungal Biology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29137-6_22

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