Heterotrophic microalgae in biotechnology

Microalgae: Biotechnology, Microbiology and Energy

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 387-412

  Eriksen, Niels Thomas ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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