Oil accumulation in the model green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: Characterization, variability between common laboratory strains and relationship with starch reserves

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Siaut, Magali ^a,b,c   Cuiné, Stéphan ^a,b   Cagnon, Caroline ^a,b   Fessler, Boris ^a,b   Nguyen, Mai ^a,b   Carrier, Patrick ^a,b   Beyly, Audrey ^a,b   Beisson, Fred ^a,b   Triantaphylidès, Christian ^a,b   Li Beisson, Yonghua ^a,b   Peltier, Gilles ^a,b  

^a IRFM   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CONTROL STRAIN; GENETIC BACKGROUNDS; GENETIC STUDIES; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH MEDIUM; HIGH VARIABILITY; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MICRO-ALGAE; MICROALGA; NITROGEN DEFICIENCY; NITROGEN DEPLETION; OIL ACCUMULATION; OIL CONTENTS; OIL LEVELS; OIL YIELD; SALT CONCENTRATION; STARCH DEGRADATION; STARCH SYNTHESIS; STRESS CONDITION; TRIACYLGLYCEROLS; WILD TYPES;

ALGAE; AMINO ACIDS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLYCEROL; LINOLEIC ACID; LIPIDS; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; PALMITIC ACID; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

STARCH;

LINOLEIC ACID; MEMBRANE LIPID; OIL; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STARCH; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; CHLOROPHYLL; FATTY ACID; NILE RED; NITROGEN; OXAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BIOACCUMULATION; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRAIN; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MUTANT; NITROGEN DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; WILD TYPE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; METABOLISM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA;

BIOREACTORS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYLL; FATTY ACIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; OXAZINES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STARCH; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 78651569539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-11-7     Document Type: Article

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