Mixotrophic and photoautotrophic cultivation of 14 microalgae isolates from Saskatchewan, Canada: Potential applications for wastewater remediation for biofuel production

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 339-348

  Park, Kyoung C ^a   Whitney, Crystal ^a   McNichol, Jesse C ^a   Dickinson, Kathryn E ^a   MacQuarrie, Scott ^a   Skrupski, Blair P ^a   Zou, Jitao ^a   Wilson, Kenneth E ^b   O'Leary, Stephen J B ^a   McGinn, Patrick J ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofuel production; Biomass; Glycerol; Lipid; Microalgae cultivation; Mixotrophic; Photoautotrophic; Wastewater remediation

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS DEBARYANA; CHLORELLA SOROKINIANA; CHLOROPHYTA; MICRACTINIUM; SCENEDESMUS;

EID: 84861731923     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-011-9772-2     Document Type: Article

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