Mixotrophic cultivation of Botryococcus braunii

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1710-1715

  Zhang, Huifang ^a   Wang, Weiliang ^a   Li, Yuanguang ^a   Yang, Wenjie ^a   Shen, Guomin ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Botryococcus braunii; Glucose; Hydrocarbon; Mixotrophic cultivation; Photobioreactor

Indexed keywords

AIR-LIFT; BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII; CELL DENSITY; DRY CELLS; EXPONENTIAL PHASE; FED BATCHES; HIGH DENSITY; HIGH PRODUCTIVITY; HYDROCARBON CONTENT; LAG PHASE; MIXOTROPHIC; OPTIMAL CONCENTRATION; PHOTOBIORE-ACTOR; SHAKE FLASKS;

BOTTLES; CELL GROWTH; GLYCEROL; GROWTH KINETICS; HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC CARBON; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

GLUCOSE;

BIOREACTOR; CULTIVATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLUCOSE; GROWTH RATE; HYDROCARBON; MICROALGA; MIXOTROPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY;

BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII;

EID: 79953282496     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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