At present, bioethanol production from brown algae is not yet
economically-feasible [17]. Bioethanol production from brown
algae is in the early stage of commercialization even though some
distinct advances in metabolic engineering have been realized [37].
Bioethanol derived from brown algae is a drop-in fuel that can be
used for existing engines. Thus, the commercialization of ethanol
production from brown algae could become possible once costeffective
methods for brown algae cultivation and integrated bioprocessing
are developed. With respect to the practice of brown
algae cultivation, it was estimated that more than 60 billion gallons
of biofuel from brown algae could be produced across three percent
of the world's coastlines [14,15]. This would result in the development
of cost-effective and large-scale cultivation methods that