Growth and photosynthetic utilization of inorganic carbon of the microalga Chlamydomonas acidophila isolated from Tinto river

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 158-162

  Cuaresma, María ^a   Garbayo, Inés ^a   Vega, José M ^b   Vílchez, Carlos ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acidic stress; Carbon utilization; Carotenoids; Chlamydomonas acidophila; Extremophilic microalgae

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC STRESS; CARBON UTILIZATION; CAROTENOIDS; CHLAMYDOMONAS ACIDOPHILA; EXTREMOPHILIC MICROALGAE;

BATCH CELL CULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; GROWTH KINETICS; MICROORGANISMS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

CARBON;

BICARBONATE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBON SOURCE; CARBON UTILIZATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS ACIDOPHILIA; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH RATE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RIVER;

CHLAMYDOMONAS ACIDOPHILA;

EID: 33749664086     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2005.10.049     Document Type: Article

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