Nitrogen starvation strategies and photobioreactor design for enhancing lipid content and lipid production of a newly isolated microalga Chlorella vulgaris ESP-31: Implications for biofuels

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1358-1366

  Yeh, Kuei Ling ^a   Chang, Jo Shu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Biofuels; Microalgal lipid; Nitrogen starvation; Tubular photobioreactor

Indexed keywords

BASAL MEDIUM; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; FATTY ACID COMPOSITION; HIGH SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO; LIPID CONTENT; MICRO-ALGAE; MICROALGA; MICROALGAL LIPID; NITROGEN SOURCES; NITROGEN STARVATION; PHOTOAUTOTROPHIC GROWTH; PHOTOBIOREACTOR DESIGN; SINGLE STAGE; TUBULAR PHOTOBIOREACTOR; TWO STAGE; VULGARIS;

ALGAE; BIODIESEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PRODUCTIVITY; SATURATED FATTY ACIDS; STEARIC ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

BIOFUEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; STEARIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CELL GROWTH; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOAUTOTROPH; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CULTURE MEDIA; LIPIDS; MICROALGAE; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PHOTOBIOREACTORS;

CHLORELLA VULGARIS;

EID: 80053196954     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.201000433     Document Type: Article

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