Culture of microalgae Chlorella minutissima for biodiesel feedstock production

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2280-2287

  Tang, Haiying ^a   Chen, Meng ^a   Garcia, M E D ^a   Abunasser, Nadia ^a   Ng, K Y Simon ^a   Salley, Steven O ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae cultivation; Biodiesel production; Chlorella minutissima; Microalgae

Indexed keywords

ACID CONTENT; ALGAL GROWTH; BIODIESEL FEEDSTOCK; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; BIOFUELS PRODUCTION; BIOMASS FUELS; BIOMASS GENERATION; BIOMASS PRODUCTIVITY; CELL DENSITY; CHLORELLA MINUTISSIMA; CULTIVATION CONDITIONS; FEEDSTOCK PRODUCTION; FLUORESCENT LIGHT; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIPID CONTENT; METHYL LINOLEATE; METHYL OLEATE; METHYL PALMITATE; MICROALGAE; NITROGEN STARVATION; NUTRIENT DEPRIVATION; OIL CONTENTS; STARVATION CONDITIONS; TRIACYLGLYCEROLS; WHITE LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

ALGAE; BIODIESEL; BIOMASS; CELL CULTURE; CULTIVATION; ECOLOGY; FATTY ACIDS; GLYCEROL; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT SOURCES; MICROORGANISMS; NUTRIENTS;

FEEDSTOCKS;

BIODIESEL; BIOFUEL; FATTY ACID; LIPID; NITROGEN; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID METHYL ESTER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CELL DENSITY; CHLORELLA; CHLORELLA MINUTISSIMA; DIODE; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT; LIGHT INTENSITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA MINUTISSIMA;

BIOFUELS; CHLORELLA; FATTY ACIDS; LIGHT;

EID: 80051787312     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.23160     Document Type: Article

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