Characterization of marine microalga, Scenedesmus sp. strain JPCC GA0024 toward biofuel production

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1367-1372

  Matsunaga, Tadashi ^a   Matsumoto, Mitsufumi ^b   Maeda, Yoshiaki ^a   Sugiyama, Hiroshi ^a   Sato, Reiko ^a   Tanaka, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b ELECTRIC POWER DEVELOPMENT CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Lipid; Marine microalgae; Scenedesmus rubescens

Indexed keywords

18S RDNA; ARTIFICIAL SEAWATER; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CALORIMETRIC ANALYSIS; DOMINANT SPECIES; DRY CELLS; ENERGY CONTENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEXADECANE; LIPID FRACTIONS; MARINE MICROALGAE; MICROALGA; MICROALGAL CULTURES; NEUTRAL LIPID; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS RUBESCENS; SOLID BIO-FUELS;

ALGAE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANES; MICROORGANISMS; PARAFFINS; SEAWATER;

BIOFUELS;

SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS RUBESCENS;

ALGAL DNA; ALGAL RNA; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; LIPID; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 18S; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; SCENEDESMUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

DNA, ALGAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENES, RRNA; LIPIDS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, ALGAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SCENEDESMUS; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 70349577801     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-009-0029-y     Document Type: Article

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