The effect of growth temperature and culture density on the molecular species composition of the galactolipids in the red microalga Porphyridium cruentum (Rhodophyta)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 975-979

  Adlerstein, Daniel ^a   Bigogno, Chiara ^a   Khozin, Inna ^a   Cohen, Zvi ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Eicosapentaenoic acid; Fatty acids; Light intensity; Lipid molecular species; Porphyridium; Temperature

Indexed keywords

PORPHYRIDIUM CRUENTUM;

EID: 0031404738     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1997.00975.x     Document Type: Article

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