Biomass and docosahexaenoic acid formation by Schizochytrium mangrovei Sk-02 at low salt concentrations

Botanica Marina

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 182-190

  Unagul, Panida ^a,b   Assantachai, Caetharin ^c   Phadungruengluij, Saranya ^c   Pongsuteeragul, Thanapol ^c   Suphantharika, Manop ^c   Verduyn, Cornelis ^c  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

^b KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Biomass; Docosahexaenoic acid; Magnesium sulfate; Manganese; Sea salts; Sodium chloride

Indexed keywords

ACID; BIOMASS; EXTRACTION; GLUCOSE; MANGROVE; SEA SALT; YEAST;

EQUUS ASINUS; SCHIZOCHYTRIUM;

EID: 33645778042     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2006.023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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