Exploring nutritional modes of cultivation for enhancing lipid accumulation in microalgae

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 440-450

  Ratha, Sachitra Kumar ^a   Babu, Santosh ^a   Renuka, Nirmal ^a   Prasanna, Radha ^a   Prasad, Rachapudi Badari Narayana ^b   Saxena, Anil Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Chlorella sp.; Glucose; Heterotrophy; Microalgae; Mixotrophy; Photoautotrophy

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GLUCOSE; LIPID;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLORELLA; CYANOBACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROTROPHY; INDIA; METABOLISM; MICROALGA;

CARBON; CHLORELLA; CYANOBACTERIA; GLUCOSE; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; INDIA; LIPIDS; MICROALGAE;

EID: 84878208764     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201200001     Document Type: Article

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