Metzger P, Largeau C
Laboratoire de Chimie Bioorganique et Organique Physique, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris, 11 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75231 cedex 05 Paris, France.
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2005 Feb;66(5):486-96. doi: 10.1007/s00253-004-1779-z. Epub 2004 Dec 4.
This paper presents a review on Botryococcus braunii, a cosmopolitan green colonial microalga characterised by a considerable production of lipids, notably hydrocarbons. Strains like wild populations of this alga differ in the type of hydrocarbons they synthesise and accumulate: (1) n-alkadienes and trienes, (2) triterpenoid botryococcenes and methylated squalenes, or (3) a tetraterpenoid, lycopadiene. In addition to hydrocarbons and some classic lipids, these algae produce numerous series of characteristic ether lipids closely related to hydrocarbons. This review covers the algal biodiversity, the chemical structures and biosynthesis of hydrocarbons and ether lipids and the biotechnological studies related to hydrocarbon production.
本文对布朗葡萄藻进行了综述，这是一种分布广泛的绿色群体微藻，其特点是能大量产生脂质，尤其是碳氢化合物。这种藻类的野生种群菌株所合成和积累的碳氢化合物类型不同：（1）正链二烯烃和三烯烃，（2）三萜类的葡萄藻烯和甲基化鲨烯，或（3）一种四萜类化合物番茄二烯。除了碳氢化合物和一些经典脂质外，这些藻类还产生了许多与碳氢化合物密切相关的特征性醚脂系列。本综述涵盖了藻类生物多样性、碳氢化合物和醚脂的化学结构与生物合成以及与碳氢化合物生产相关的生物技术研究。
