Changes in lipid, protein and pigment concentrations in nitrogen-stressed Chlorella minutissima cultures

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 907-914

  Ördög, Vince ^a   Stirk, Wendy A ^b   Bálint, Péter ^a   van Staden, Johannes ^b   Lovász, Csaba ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST HUNGARY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Chlorophyll; Lipids; Nitrogen starvation; Proteins

Indexed keywords

CHLORELLA MINUTISSIMA;

EID: 84864143444     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-011-9711-2     Document Type: Article

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