Intermediate renewal rates enhance the productivity of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. in semicontinuous cultures

Cryptogamie, Algologie

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 207-216

  Rosales, Néstor ^a   Loreto, César ^a   Bermúdez, José ^a   Morales, Ever ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Cyanobacteria; EPS; Pigments; Productivity; Proteins; Renewal rate; Semicontinuous culture; Synechococcus sp.

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; OPTIMIZATION; PIGMENT; PROTEIN;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 3242682756     PISSN: 01811568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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