High yield of hydrocarbon gases resulting from pyrolysis of yellow heterotrophic and bacterially degraded Chlorella protothecoides

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 181-184

  Wu, Qingyu ^a   Zhang, Bing ^a   Grant, Neil G ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterial degradation; Chlorella protothecoides; heterotrophy; hydrocarbon gases; simulated pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AUXENOCHLORELLA PROTOTHECOIDES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030459291     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02184969     Document Type: Article

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