Neochloris oleoabundans cell wall rupture through melittin peptide: a new approach to increase lipid recovery

Microalgae cell wall affects the recovery of lipids, representing one of the main difficulties in the development of biofuel production. This work aimed to test a new method based on melittin peptide to induce a cellular disruption in N. oleoabundans. Neochloris oleoabundans cells were grown at 32 °C in the presence of a high concentration of nitrate-phosphate, causing a cell disruption extent of 83.6