Isolation and fatty acid profile of selected microalgae strains from the red sea for biofuel production

Energies

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2773-2783

  Pereira, Hugo ^a   Barreira, Luísa ^a   Custódio, Luísa ^a   Alrokayan, Salman ^b   Mouffouk, Fouzi ^c,d   Varela, João ^a   Abu Salah, Khalid M ^e   Ben Hamadou, Radhouan ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^f Qatar University   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Biofuels; BODIPY; FACS; FAME; Microalgae; Red Sea; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOFUELS; ESTERS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; MICROORGANISMS; PALMITIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

BODIPY; FACS; FAME; MICRO-ALGAE; RED SEA; SAUDI ARABIA;

FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 84880197910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en6062773     Document Type: Article

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