Maximizing biomass productivity and cell density of Chlorella vulgaris by using light-emitting diode-based photobioreactor

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 242-249

  Fu, Weiqi ^a   Gudmundsson, Olafur ^a   Feist, Adam M ^b   Herjolfsson, Gisli ^a   Brynjolfsson, Sigurdur ^a   Palsson, Bernhard Ø ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive laboratory evolution; Biomass productivity; Biomass yield; Chlorella vulgaris; LED based photobioreactor

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE LABORATORY EVOLUTION; BIOMASS PRODUCTIVITY; BIOMASS YIELD; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; PHOTOBIORE-ACTOR;

ALGAE; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL CULTURE; ECOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOBIOREACTORS; PRODUCTIVITY; STOICHIOMETRY;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATING MECHANISM; CELL DENSITY; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL COUNT; CHLORELLA; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ELECTRONICS; LIGHT; PHOTOBIOREACTORS;

CHLORELLA VULGARIS;

EID: 84864541227     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: 18734863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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