Nondestructive monitoring of carotenogenesis in Haematococcus pluvialis via whole-cell optical density spectra

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4533-4541

  Solovchenko, Alexei ^a,c   Aflalo, Claude ^b   Lukyanov, Alexander ^a   Boussiba, Sammy ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c TIMIRYAZEV INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Astaxanthin; Carotenogenesis; Derivative spectroscopy; Haematococcus; Noninvasive assay; Secondary carotenoids

Indexed keywords

ASTAXANTHIN; CAROTENOGENESIS; DERIVATIVE SPECTROSCOPY; HAEMATOCOCCUS; SECONDARY CAROTENOIDS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CELL CULTURE; CHLOROPHYLL; DENSITY (OPTICAL); DENSITY MEASUREMENT (OPTICAL); GLASS FIBERS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; PIGMENTS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

CELLS;

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; GLASS FIBER;

ABSORPTION; ALGAL CULTURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GREEN ALGA; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; OPTICAL METHOD; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CELL SUSPENSION; GREEN ALGA; HAEMATOCOCCUS PLUVIALIS; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WHOLE CELL;

BIOMASS; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYTA;

ALGAE; HAEMATOCOCCUS; HAEMATOCOCCUS PLUVIALIS;

EID: 84877746872     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4677-9     Document Type: Article

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