An outlook on microalgal biofuels

Science

Volumn 329, Issue 5993, 2010, Pages 796-799

  Wijffels, René H ^a   Barbosa, Maria J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; BIOFUEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; PALM OIL; PHOSPHORUS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARABLE LAND; BIOFUEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIESEL; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HERB; LIPID; MICROALGA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUIFER; ARABLE LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOREACTOR; BIOREFINING; BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENERGY CROP; FLOCCULATION; FLOTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GOVERNMENT; GROWTH RATE; HYDROGENATION; JAPAN; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDIMENTATION; SUNLIGHT; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

ALGAE; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; SUNLIGHT; TECHNOLOGY; WATER;

ALGAE;

EID: 77955619699     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1189003     Document Type: Review

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