Cyclic autotrophic/heterotrophic cultivation of photosynthetic cells: A method of achieving continuous cell growth under light/dark cycles

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 65-72

  Ogbonna, James C ^a,b   Tanaka, Hideo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

tocopherol; Autotrophic; Cellular protein; Chlorella; Euglena; Heterotrophic; Mixotrophic; Photosynthetic cells

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CARBON; CELLS; ETHANOL; GROWTH KINETICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC MEMBRANES; PROTEINS; SOLAR ENERGY;

AUTOTROPHIC; CELLULAR PROTEIN; CHLORELLA; EUGLENA; HETEROTROPHIC; ORGANIC CARBON SOURCE; TOCOPHEROL;

CELL CULTURE;

ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CARBON;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CHLORELLA; CULTURE MEDIUM; EUGLENA GRACILIS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032126264     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(98)00018-2     Document Type: Article

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