Isolation and characterization of a marine microalga for biofuel production with astaxanthin as a co-product

Energies

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2759-2772

  Liu, Zhiyong ^a,b   Liu, Chenfeng ^a,b   Hou, Yuyong ^b   Chen, Shulin ^b   Xiao, Dongguang ^a   Zhang, Juankun ^a   Chen, Fangjian ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Astaxanthin; Biofuel; Coelastrum sp; HA 1; Marine microalgae; Microalgae removal efficiency

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; EFFICIENCY; FATTY ACIDS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; MICROORGANISMS; PALMITIC ACID; WATER RESOURCES;

ASTAXANTHIN; COELASTRUM SP; HA-1; MARINE MICROALGAE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES;

ALGAE;

EID: 84880220590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en6062759     Document Type: Article

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