Morphology, cell growth, and polysaccharide production of Nostoc flagelliforme in liquid suspension culture at different agitation rates

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 213-217

  Su, Jianyu ^a,b   Jia, Shiru ^a   Chen, Xuefeng ^a   Yu, Haifeng ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NINGXIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agitation rate; Cell growth; Impeller tip speed; Nostoc flagelliforme; Photobioreactor; Polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

NOSTOC; NOSTOC FLAGELLIFORME;

EID: 43749092562     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-007-9221-4     Document Type: Article

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