A flexible culture process for production of the green microalga Scenedesmus dimorphus rich in protein, carbohydrate or lipid

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 129, Issue , 2013, Pages 289-295

  Wang, Liang ^a,b   Li, Yunguang ^a,c   Sommerfeld, Milton ^a   Hu, Qiang ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI ADVANCED RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Lipid; Microalgal culture; Protein; Scenedesmus dimorphus

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CARBOHYDRATES; CELL CULTURE; LIPIDS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CARBON PARTITIONING; CRUDE PROTEINS; CULTURE CONDITIONS; LATE STAGE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MICRO-ALGAE; MICROALGA; MICROALGAL CULTURES; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NOVEL STRATEGIES; PROGRAMMATIC CHANGES; SCENEDESMUS;

PROTEINS;

ALGAL PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; LIPID; NITROGEN;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CARBOHYDRATE; GREEN ALGA; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIPID; MICROALGA; NITROGEN; PROTEIN;

ALGAL CELL CULTURE; ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL DENSITY; INOCULATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIPOGENESIS; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS DIMORPHUS; SPECIES CULTIVATION;

EID: 84871452846     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.10.062     Document Type: Article

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