Effects of salinity on β-carotene production by Dunaliella tertiolecta DCCBC26 isolated from the Urmia salt lake, north of Iran

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 97, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 2453-2456

  Fazeli, M R ^a   Tofighi, H ^a   Samadi, N ^a   Jamalifar, H ^b  

^a Tehran University of Medical Science   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carotene; Dunaliella tertiolecta; Salinity; Urmia lake

Indexed keywords

Β-CAROTENE; DUNALIELLA TERTIOLECTA; SALINITY; URMIA LAKE;

ALGAE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SALINE WATER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SALTS;

LAKES;

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALGAE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LAKES; SALINE WATER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SALTS;

ACCUMULATION; GROWTH RATE; MICROALGA; SALINE LAKE; SALINITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALGA; ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUNALIELLA TERTIOLECTA; IRAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY;

ALGAE, GREEN; BETA CAROTENE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHLOROPHYTA; IRAN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; ORUMIYEH; WEST AZERBAIJAN;

DUNALIELLA TERTIOLECTA;

EID: 33746241981     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2005.10.037     Document Type: Article

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