Isolation and evaluation of oil-producing microalgae from subtropical coastal and Brackish waters

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Lim, David K Y ^a   Garg, Sourabh ^a   Timmins, Matthew ^a,b   Zhang, Eugene S B ^a   Thomas Hall, Skye R ^a   Schuhmann, Holger ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Schenk, Peer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; BRACKISH WATER; LIPID; OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ALGA; ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHLORELLA; COASTAL WATERS; DUNANIELLA SALINA; LIPID STORAGE; MICROALGA; NANNOCHLOROPSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SPECIES CULTIVATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMIC RANK; TETRASELMIS;

BIOFUELS; FATTY ACIDS; FRESH WATER; MICROALGAE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA SP.; NANNOCHLOROPSIS SP.; TETRASELMIS;

EID: 84863850498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040751     Document Type: Article

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