Fatty acids released by Chlorella vulgaris and Their Role in Interference with Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata: Experiments and Modelling

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 339-349

  DellaGreca, Marina ^a   Zarrelli, Armando ^a   Fergola, Paolo ^a   Cerasuolo, Marianna ^a,b   Pollio, Antonino ^a   Pinto, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Chlorella vulgaris; Chlorellin; Fatty acids; Mathematical model; Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

ALLELOPATHY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CULTIVATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FATTY ACID; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; COCULTURE; DRUG EFFECT; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

ALGAE, GREEN; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FATTY ACIDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

EID: 77952321932     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-010-9753-y     Document Type: Article

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