Microalgae for oil: Strain selection, induction of lipid synthesis and outdoor mass cultivation in a low-cost photobioreactor

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 100-112

  Rodolfi, Liliana ^a   Zittelli, Graziella Chini ^b   Bassi, Niccolo ^a   Padovani, Giulia ^a   Biondi, Natascia ^a   Bonini, Gimena ^a   Tredici, Mario R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Green wall panel (GWP); Microalgae mass culture; Nannochloropsis; Nutrient deprivation; Renewable fuels

Indexed keywords

GREEN WALL PANEL (GWP); MICROALGAE MASS CULTURE; NANNOCHLOROPSIS; NUTRIENT DEPRIVATION; RENEWABLE FUELS;

ACIDS; ALGAE; BIODIESEL; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CLIMATOLOGY; FATTY ACIDS; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PRODUCTIVITY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; STRAIN;

NONMETALS;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; LIPID;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE OPTIMIZATION; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; LIPOGENESIS; MICROALGA; NANNOCHLOROPSIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; SPECIES CULTIVATION; SUNLIGHT; ALGA; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM;

ALGAE; EUSTIGMATOPHYCEAE; NANNOCHLOROPSIS; NANNOCHLOROPSIS SP.;

ALGAE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CULTURE MEDIA; LIGHT; LIPIDS;

EID: 58149269804     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.22033     Document Type: Article

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