Lipid productivity and fatty acid composition in Chlorella and Scenepdesmus strains grown in nitrogen-stressed conditions

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 233-243

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST HUNGARY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^d IGV Institute for Cereal Processing Ltd   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Biomass accumulation; Lipid content; Protein content; Triacylglycerols

Indexed keywords

CHLORELLA SP.; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS ECORNIS;

EID: 84872499994     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-012-9857-6     Document Type: Article

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