Liquid-saturated hydrocarbons resulting from pyrolysis of the marine coccolithophores Emiliania huxleyi and Gephyrocapsa oceanica

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 346-352

  Wu, Qingyu ^a   Shiraiwa, Yoshihiro ^b   Takeda, Hiroshi ^c   Sheng, Guoying ^d   Fu, Jiamo ^d  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Coccolithophores; Emiliana huxleyi; Gephyrocapsa oceanica; Liquid saturated hydrocarbons; Marine sediment; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ALKANE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FUEL PRODUCTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; COCCOLITH; HYDROCARBON; PYROLYSIS;

ALGAE; EMILIANA; EMILIANA HUXLEYI; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0032833492     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00011785     Document Type: Article

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