Bacterial degradation of green microalgae: Incubation of Chlorella emersonii and Chlorella vulgaris with Pseudomonas oleovorans and Flavobacterium aquatile

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 117-130

  Afi, Latifa ^a   Metzger, Pierre ^a   Largeau, Claude ^a   Connan, Jacques ^b   Berkaloff, Claire ^c   Rousseau, Bernard ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b TOTAL   (France)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

algaenan containing outer walls; bacterial degradation; Chlorella emersonii; Chlorella vulgaris; chlorophyll; fatty acids; Flavobacterium aquatile; green microalgae; hydrocarbons; prolonged incubation; Pseudomonas oleovorans; triacylglycerols

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; CHLOROPHYLL; ENZYMES; FATTY ACIDS; GLYCEROL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KEROGEN; MACROMOLECULES; POLYSACCHARIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHLORELLA EMERSONII; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; FLAVOBACTERIUM AQUATILE; GREEN MICROALGAE; PSEUDOMONAS OLEOVORANS; TRIACYLGLYCEROLS;

ALGAE;

ALGAE; BACTERIAL DEGRADATION; CHLORELLA; FATTY ACID; FLAVOBACTERIUM; HYDROCARBON GENERATION; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0030411473     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(96)00113-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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