The potential of microalgal biotechnology: A review of production and uses of microalgae

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 725-770

  de la Noue, Joel ^a,b   de Pauw, Niels ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Culture conditions; Feeds Foods; Fine chemicals; Genetic manipulations; Harvesting; Microalgae; Microbiological safety; Nutritional value; Solar biotechnology; Technical transformations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002149863     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0734-9750(88)91921-0     Document Type: Review

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