Nutrient acquisition and limitation for the photoautotrophic growth of Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 as a renewable biomass source

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 277-285

  Kim, Hyun Woo ^a   Vannela, Raveender ^a   Zhou, Chao ^a   Rittmann, Bruce E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inorganic carbon; Inorganic nutrients; Photoautotrophic biomass; Rate limiting factors; Renewable biomass; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

INORGANIC CARBON; INORGANIC NUTRIENTS; PHOTOAUTOTROPHIC BIOMASS; RATE LIMITING FACTORS; RENEWABLE BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CARBON; MICROORGANISMS; NUTRIENTS; STOICHIOMETRY;

ECOLOGY;

BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOMASS; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PH; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE ENERGY; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

BICARBONATES; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CULTURE MEDIA; LIGHT; NITRATES; PHOSPHATES; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 78650199351     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.22928     Document Type: Article

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