Heterotrophic production of eicosapentaenoic acid by microalgae

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 273-294

  Wen, Zhi You ^a,b   Chen, Feng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diatom; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Microalgae; Polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; DISEASES; FATTY ACIDS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; OPTIMIZATION; SUBSTRATES;

HETEROTROPHIC PRODUCTION;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DIATOM; FATTY ACID; MICROALGA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0037492427     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0734-9750(03)00051-X     Document Type: Review

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