Microalgae as a raw material for biofuels production

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 269-274

  Gouveia, Luisa ^a   Oliveira, Ana Cristina ^a  

^a INETI   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Biofuels; Dunaliella tertiolecta; Lipids; Nannochloropsis sp.; Neochloris oleoabundans; Scenedesmus obliquus

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; BIOFUEL; FRESH WATER; LINOLENIC ACID; NITROGEN; OIL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; EXTRACTION; MARINE SPECIES; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; SCENEDESMUS; SCREENING; SPIRULINA MAXIMA;

ALGAE, GREEN; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CULTURE MEDIA; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FRESH WATER; SEAWATER;

BRASSICA NAPUS; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; DUNALIELLA TERTIOLECTA; GLYCINE MAX; HELIANTHUS; NANNOCHLOROPSIS SP.; NEOCHLORIS; NEOCHLORIS OLEOABUNDANS; SCENEDESMUS OBLIQUUS; SPIRULINA MAXIMA;

EID: 59449094424     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: 14765535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10295-008-0495-6     Document Type: Article

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