Aggregate formation and polysaccharide content of Chlorella pyrenoidosa Chick (Chlorophyta) in response to simulated nutrient stress

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 8336-8341

  Yang, Zhou ^a   Liu, Ying ^a   Ge, Juan ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Chen, Yafen ^b   Montagnes, David ^c  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregate formation; Chlorella pyrenoidosa; Glyoxylate; Growth; Polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE FORMATION; AGGREGATE SIZE; CHLORELLA PYRENOIDOSA; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EXISTING METHOD; GLYOXYLATE; NUTRIENT STRESS; POLYSACCHARIDE CONTENTS; POLYSACCHARIDE PRODUCTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; STATIONARY PHASE;

AGGREGATES; CELL CULTURE; NUTRIENTS;

AGGLOMERATION;

GLYOXYLIC ACID; POLYSACCHARIDE; GLYOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ESTER; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RATE; INHIBITION; MICROALGA; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ALGA; ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL AGGREGATION; CHLORELLA PYRENOIDOSA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; GREEN ALGA; MICROALGA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT STRESS; PLANT STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHLORELLA; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SOLUBILITY; TIME;

CHLORELLA; GLYOXYLATES; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYSACCHARIDES; SOLUBILITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

CHLORELLA PYRENOIDOSA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 77954542309     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.06.022     Document Type: Article

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