Active extracellular substances of ITRI-G1 induce microalgae self-disruption for microalgal biofuel.

Microalgal cultures are a clean and sustainable means to use solar energy for CO fixation and fuel production. Microalgae grow efficiently and are rich in oil, but recovering that oil is typically expensive and consumes much energy. Therefore, effective and low-cost techniques for microalgal disruption and oil or lipid extraction are required by the algal biofuel industry.