A perspective on the biotechnological potential of microalgae

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 77-88

  Raja, R ^a,b   Hemaiswarya, S ^b   Kumar, N Ashok ^a,c   Sridhar, S ^a,d   Rengasamy, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^c MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE   (India)

^d PEPSICO INC   (United States)

Author keywords

carotene; Aquaculture; Astaxanthin; Biofuel; Microalgae

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASTAXANTHIN; BETA CAROTENE; CANTHAXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; HYDROCARBON; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ISOTOPE; PHYCOCYANIN; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; XANTHOPHYLL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALGA; ANABAENA; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; AQUACULTURE; BIOMASS; BIOSORPTION; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BLUE GREEN ALGA; BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHLORELLA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG STRUCTURE; DUNALIELLA SALINA; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GREEN ALGA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LACTOBACILLUS BIFIDUS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROALGA; NEOPLASM; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; NUTRITION; PHAEODACTYLUM; PORPHYRIDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS; VIRUS INHIBITION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALGAE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DRUG INDUSTRY; FERTILIZERS; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INFECTION;

ALGAE; BOTRYOCOCCUS;

EID: 45849103886     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: 15497828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408410802086783     Document Type: Review

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