Characterization and analysis of the exogenous application of selected phytohormones on C. reinhardtii metabolism

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dc.contributor.advisorKahn, Jason D.
dc.contributor.authorChang, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorChang, Maria
dc.contributor.authorFeng, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorKhural, Jasjeet
dc.contributor.authorLuo, Tana
dc.contributor.authorMcCarthy, James
dc.contributor.authorMekelburg, Cory
dc.contributor.authorNadig, Kelsey
dc.contributor.authorPerry, Christine
dc.contributor.authorThaper, Sharad
dc.contributor.authorUrbanski, Rick
dc.contributor.authorVohra, Pragun
dc.contributor.authorWeber, Christian
dc.contributor.authorWong, Justin
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-12T16:45:47Z
dc.date.available2011-05-12T16:45:47Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.descriptionGemstone Team Genes to Fuelsen_US
dc.description2011 Recipient of the Library Award for Undergraduate Research
dc.description.abstractIntroduction of algal biofuel on an industrial scale will only be possible if production cost can be lowered, either by speeding algal growth, increasing lipid production per cell, or both. Our approach examined the application of phytohormones to algae to reach this goal. Bioinformatics and literature led us to four phytohormones: Indole-3-acetic acid, Epibrassinolide, Trans-zeatin, and Trans-zeatin-riboside. These were systematically introduced to algae at a range of concentrations. IAA, Epibrassinolide, and Trans-zeatin-riboside increased algae growth rates at concentrations of 10-8M to 10-12M. A treatment of Trans-zeatin-riboside yielded an increase in growth rate of 31.1 ± 9.4% (p < 0.05, n=8), an increase in algal dry mass by 38.9 ± 11.9% (p < 0.05, n=8), a negligable change in specific lipid mass (p < 0.05, n=8), and, most notably, a lipid concentration increase of 44.6 ± 42.1% (p < 0.05, n=8). A treatment of Trans-zeatin-riboside at 10-11 M yields practical benefits to biodiesel production.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/11393
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Maryland
dc.relation.isAvailableAtGemstone Program, University of Maryland (College Park, Md)
dc.subjectbiofuelsen_US
dc.subjectalgaeen_US
dc.subjectlipidsen_US
dc.subjectphytohormonesen_US
dc.subjectbiodieselen_US
dc.subjecttrans-zeatin-ribosideen_US
dc.subjectC. reinhardtiien_US
dc.subjectGemstone Team Genes to Fuelsen_US
dc.titleCharacterization and analysis of the exogenous application of selected phytohormones on C. reinhardtii metabolismen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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