Cultivation of marine sponges

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 509-532

  Osinga, Ronald ^a   Tramper, Johannes ^a   Wijffels, René H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Bioreactor design; Cell culture; In vitro culture; Marine sponge biomass

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; AQUACULTURE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SPONGE;

AQUACULTURE; BIOMASS; CULTIVATION; SPONGE;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA; PORIFERA;

EID: 0033452240     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00011807     Document Type: Review

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