Differential regulation of fatty acid biosynthesis in two Chlorella species in response to nitrate treatments and the potential of binary blending microalgae oils for biodiesel application

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 10633-10640

  Cha, Thye San ^a   Chen, Jian Woon ^a   Goh, Eng Giap ^a   Aziz, Ahmad ^a   Loh, Saw Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Algae oil; Biofuel; Chlorella sorokiniana; Chlorella vulgaris; Nitrogen limitation

Indexed keywords

BLENDING RATIO; CHLORELLA SOROKINIANA; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIFFERENTIAL REGULATION; FATTY ACID BIOSYNTHESIS; FATTY ACID COMPOSITION; GROWTH PHASE; MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS; MICRO-ALGAE; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN LIMITATION; OIL CONTENTS; OIL MASS; VULGARIS; WEIGHT PERCENTAGES;

ALGAE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODIESEL; BLENDING; MICROORGANISMS; NITRATES;

FATTY ACIDS;

BIODIESEL; NITRATE; VEGETABLE OIL;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOFUEL; FATTY ACID; GROWTH CURVE; MICROALGA; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; CHLORELLA SOROKINIANA; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GROWTH CURVE; LIPID COMPOSITION; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CELL COUNT; CHLORELLA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATTY ACIDS; MICROALGAE; NITRATES; OILS; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA SOROKINIANA; CHLORELLA VULGARIS;

EID: 80054835390     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.09.042     Document Type: Article

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