Fed-Batch Cultivation of Arthrospira platensis Using Carbon Dioxide from Alcoholic Fermentation and Urea as Carbon and Nitrogen Sources

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1118-1125

  Bezerra, Raquel Pedrosa ^a,b   Matsudo, Marcelo Chuei ^a   Sato, Sunao ^a   Converti, Attilio ^b,c   de Carvalho, João Carlos Monteiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c CAPES Fellowship Holder   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alcoholic fermentation; Arthrospira (Spirulina) platensis; Carbon dioxide; Fed batch cultivation; Microbial biomass; Urea

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLIC FERMENTATION; ARTHROSPIRA PLATENSIS; CARBON AND NITROGEN; FED-BATCH CULTIVATION; GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC MICROORGANISMS; TUBULAR PHOTOBIOREACTOR;

CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERMENTATION; METABOLISM; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PHOTOBIOREACTORS; UREA;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTHROSPIRA PLATENSIS; CYANOBACTERIA; SPIRULINA;

EID: 84881258587     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-013-9344-1     Document Type: Article

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