Photoautotrophic cultivation of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as a method for carbon dioxide fixation and α-linolenic acid production

JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 181-183

  Akimoto, Masamichi ^a,b   Yamada, Hidenao ^a   Ohtaguchi, Kazuhisa ^a   Koide, Kozo ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alga; Anti tumor agent; Carbon dioxide; Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Unsaturated fatty acid; linolenic acid

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CULTIVATION; FATTY ACIDS; PH EFFECTS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; REACTION KINETICS; UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS;

CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; GREEN ALGA; LINOLENIC ACIDS; PHOTOAUTOTROPHIC CULTIVATION;

ALGAE;

EID: 0031073593     PISSN: 0003021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11746-997-0167-0     Document Type: Article

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