Potential Energy Comparison Among Marine Microalgae for Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC)
Rifka Fachrunnisa (a*), Sheela Chandren(b), Nuraini Kartikasari(a), Muhammad Andry Prio Utomo(a)

a) Department of Biology, Universitas Negeri Malang, Malang, Indonesia
*fachrunnisa.fmipa[at]um.ac.id
b) Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Abstract

Earth is more covered by oceans, not many have explored in depth how abundant potential energy from the oceans including from the phytoplankton. Indonesia as a maritime country is believed to be one of the countries capable of developing microalgae-based renewable energy. Because there is very little explanation about its diversity and potential in Indonesia, this study intends to explore the potential energy that can be generated from the metabolic processes of six types of marine algae consisting of three groups of green algae (Chlorella sp. Spirulina sp. Oscillatoria sp.) and three others from the diatom group (Skeletonema sp., Chaetoceros sp., Thalassiosira sp.) the results of this search are expected to be developed into Microbial Fuel Cells (MFC).

Keywords: Marine Microalgae- DNA Extraction Method- DNA barcoding

Topic: Microbiology