Effects of lowering temperature during culture on the production of polyunsaturated fatty acids in the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum (Bacillariophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 651-654

  Jiang, Hanming ^a   Gao, Kunshan ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Eicosapentaenoic acid; EPA; Fatty acids; Phaeodactylum tricornutum; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; PUFA; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; DIATOM; FATTY ACID; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; NITZSCHIA ALBA; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM;

EID: 4043134572     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2004.03112.x     Document Type: Article

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