Use of photoacclimation in the design of a novel photobioreactor to achieve high yields in algal mass cultivation

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 121-126

  Grobbelaar, Johan U ^a   Kurano, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alga; Cyanobacterium; High yield; Mass cultivation; Photoacclimation; Photobioreactor; Photosynthesis; Synechocystis aquatilis

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 0038380291     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023802820093     Document Type: Conference Paper

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