Utilization of cane molasses towards cost-saving astaxanthin production by a Chlorella zofingiensis mutant

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1447-1456

  Liu, Jin ^a,b   Sun, Zheng ^c   Zhong, Yujuang ^d   Gerken, Henri ^b   Huang, Junchao ^d   Chen, Feng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Astaxanthin; Chlorella zofingiensis mutant; Fed batch; Molasses; Semi continuous

Indexed keywords

'CHLORELLA' ZOFINGIENSIS; ALGAE;

EID: 84883654934     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-013-9974-x     Document Type: Article

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