Sustainable, high-yielding outdoor mass cultures of Chaetoceros muelleri var. subsalsum and Isochrysis galbana in vertical plate reactors

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 302-310

  Zhang, C W ^a,b   Richmond, A ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chaetoceros mulleri; Docosahexaenoic acid; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Isochrysis galbana; Light path length; Plate reactor

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ALGAE; BIOMASS; CELL COUNT; CULTURE MEDIA; DIATOMS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ALGAE; CHAETOCEROS; CHAETOCEROS MUELLERI; EUKARYOTA; ISOCHRYSIS GALBANA; NANNOCHLOROPSIS; PORPHYRIDIUM;

EID: 0041974540     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-002-0075-0     Document Type: Article

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