Sugar-based growth, astaxanthin accumulation and carotenogenic transcription of heterotrophic Chlorella zofingiensis (Chlorophyta)

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1288-1292

  Sun, Ni ^a,b   Wang, Yan ^a,c   Li, Yan Tao ^b   Huang, Jun Chao ^b   Chen, Feng ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

carotene hydroxylase; carotene ketolase; Astaxanthin; Chlorella zofingiensis; Heterotrophic; Sugar

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; GLUCOSE; GROWTH KINETICS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGARS;

ALGAL GROWTH; ASTAXANTHIN; CARBON SOURCES; CHLORELLA ZOFINGIENSIS; ENERGY SOURCING; GROWTH RATES; HETEROTROPHIC; MICROALGA; SOLE CARBON; SUGAR;

CELL GROWTH;

'CHLORELLA' ZOFINGIENSIS; ALGAE; CHLORELLA (CHLORELLALES); CHLORELLA (PRASIOLALES); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 53049094204     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2008.07.014     Document Type: Article

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