Production of eicosapentaenoic acid by Nannochloropsis sp. cultures in outdoor tubular photobioreactors

Progress in Industrial Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue C, 1999, Pages 299-312

  Chini Zittelli, G ^a   Lavista, F ^a   Bastianini, A ^a   Rodolfi, L ^a   Vincenzini, M ^a   Tredici, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eicosapentaenoic acid; Microalgae mass cultivation; Nannochloropsis sp.; Tubular photobioreactors

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957095180     PISSN: 00796352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6352(99)80122-2     Document Type: Article

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