TY - JOUR AB - This study reports on the biodiesel quality parameters of eleven heterocystous cyanobacterial strains based on fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) profiles. The biomass productivity of the tested cyanobacterial strains ranged from 9.33 to 20.67 mg L-1 d(-1) while the lipid productivity varied between 0.65 and 2.358 mg L-1 d(-1). The highest biomass and lipid productivity was observed for Calothrix sp. MBDU 013 but its lipid content is only 11.221 in terms of percent dry weight, next to the Anabaena sphaerica MBDU 105, whose lipid content is high. To identify the most competent isolate, a multi-criteria decision analyses (MCDA) was performed by including the key chemical and physical parameters of biodiesel calculated from FAME profiles. The isolate A. sphaerica MBDU 105 is the most promising biodiesel feed stock based on decision vector through Preference Ranking Organisation Method for Enrichment Evaluation (PROMETHEE) and Graphical Analysis for Interactive Assistance (GAIA) analysis. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. AD - Bharathidasan Univ, Ctr Excellence Life Sci, Dept Microbiol, Tiruchchirappalli 620024, Tamil Nadu, India AN - WOS:000351106100003 AU - Anahas, A. M. P. AU - Muralitharan, G. DA - May DO - 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.11.003 J2 - Bioresource Technol KW - cyanobacteria LA - English N1 - Cd5cs PY - 2015 SN - 0960-8524 SP - 9-17 ST - Isolation and screening of heterocystous cyanobacterial strains for biodiesel production by evaluating the fuel properties from fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) profiles T2 - Bioresource Technology TI - Isolation and screening of heterocystous cyanobacterial strains for biodiesel production by evaluating the fuel properties from fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) profiles UR - ://WOS:000351106100003 VL - 184 ID - 10926 ER -