The biotechnological potential of thraustochytrids

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 580-587

  Lewis, Tom E ^a   Nichols, Peter D ^a,b   McMeekin, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomass; Commercial culture; Microheterotroph; Polyunsaturated fatty acid; Thraustochytrids

Indexed keywords

ALGAL CELL CULTURE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PRODUCTS;

ALGAE; THRAUSTOCHYTRIIDAE;

EID: 0033403792     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00011813     Document Type: Article

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