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Řasy jako surovina pro výrobu bioetanolu
Doucha, Jiří ; Lívanský, Karel ; Doušková, Irena ; Zachleder, Vilém
Many countries are actively developing biofuels program. Leading in this field is Brazil whose present need of gasoline is supplied with 30 % by ethanol produced relatively cheaply from sugarcane. In developed countries bioethanol (3-5 % of present gasoline need) is produced mostly from corn (USA) or wheat (EU). However, ethanol production from cereals is expensive. Promising feedstock are microalgae. Some of them can surpass yields of classical crop 10-15 times. Technology of growth of unicellular Chlorella in very thin layer on inclined areas is compared with the technology of world-wide mode of cultivation in open ponds. It was found, that due to higher yields and lower energy needs, the cost of biomass production in thin-layer bioractores is only 20 % compared with ponds
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Cirkadiální hodiny se neúčastní načasování buněčného dělení v řase Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Vítová, Milada ; Bišová, Kateřina ; Hendrychová, Jana ; Čížková, Mária ; Zachleder, Vilém
To determine whether the circadian clock functions in control the entry of algal cells into the cell cycle, we have tested the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in a wide range of growth conditions both light intensity and temperature. We monitored the course of the cell cycles in asynchronous as well as in synchronized cultures. The cultures were grown either at the continuous light or at alternating light/dark periods. The length of the cell cycle was monitored also at different temperatures and in “circadian” mutant. We have evidenced that the length of the cell cycle corresponding to circadian times can be attained only under relatively narrow range of growth conditions and even in this case the “circadian time” is a result of given growth conditions and not of any circadian gating. These results suggest that the intrinsic circadian clock does not play any role in timing of the cell cycle division in the green alga Chlamydomonas
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