Regulating the ratio of photoautotrophic to heterotrophic metabolic activities in photoheterotrophic culture of Euglena gracilis and its application to α-tocopherol production

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 953-958

  Ogbonna, James C ^a   Ichige, Eita ^a   Tanaka, Hideo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Euglena gracilis; Heterotrophic metabolic activities; Photoautotrophic metabolic activities; Photoheterotrophic cultures; tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CARBON DIOXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CULTURE MEDIUM; EUGLENA GRACILIS; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

EUGLENA; EUGLENA GRACILIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036084928     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015681105420     Document Type: Article

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