The race for highly productive microalgae strains

Biofuels

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 835-837

  Lim, David K Y ^a   Sharma, Kalpesh ^a   Garg, Sourabh ^a   Schenk, Peer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FEED; ARABLE LAND; BIOACTIVE PRODUCTS; BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; CRITICAL PARAMETER; FATTY ACID COMPOSITION; GHG EMISSION; GROWTH MEDIA; GROWTH PARAMETERS; GROWTH PHASIS; LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION; LIPID CONTENT; MICRO-ALGAE; NATURAL AREAS; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; RESEARCH PAPERS; SINGLE SPECIES; SPECIES SELECTION;

BIODIESEL; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOLOGY; FATTY ACIDS; FOSSIL FUELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIPIDS; MICROORGANISMS; PRODUCTIVITY; PROVEN RESERVES;

ALGAE;

EID: 82955241277     PISSN: 17597269     EISSN: 17597277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/bfs.10.65     Document Type: Article

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