Towards increased microalgal productivity in photobioreactors

International Sugar Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 1334, 2010, Pages 74-85

  Bosma, R ^a   Vermue M H ^a   Tramper, J ^a   Wijffels, R H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bulk products; Education; Harvesting; Medium optimization; Microalgae; Photobioreactor; Photosynthetic efficiency; Productivity; Screening method

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

EID: 77955628384     PISSN: 00208841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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