Treatment with Algae Extracts Promotes Flocculation, and Enhances Growth and Neutral Lipid Content in Nannochloropsis oculata-a Candidate for Biofuel Production

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 774-781

  Taylor, Rebecca L ^a   Rand, Jonathan D ^a   Caldwell, Gary S ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algae biofuels; Bioenergy; Chemical ecology; Infochemical; Secondary metabolite; Signalling

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; FLOCCULATION; METABOLITES; MICROORGANISMS; OSTWALD RIPENING; SIGNALING;

ALGAE BIOFUELS; BIO-ENERGY; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; INFOCHEMICAL; SECONDARY METABOLITES;

ECOLOGY;

BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FLOCCULATION; GROWTH RATE; MICROALGA; OPTIMIZATION; SECONDARY POROSITY; SIGNAL;

ALGAE; DUNALIELLA SALINA; NANNOCHLOROPSIS OCULATA; SKELETONEMA MARINOI;

EID: 84869143186     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-012-9441-8     Document Type: Article

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