Chlorella mirabilis as a potential species for biomass production in low-temperature environment

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue APR, 2013, Pages

  Shukla, S P ^a,b   Kviderova J ^b,c   Triska J ^c,d   Elster, J ^b,c  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES EDUCATION   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Fatty acid content; Growth rate; Low temperature; Microalgae; N and C manipulation

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CARBON; GLYCEROL; NITROGEN; SILVER NITRATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHLORELLA; CHLORELLA MIRABILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; INDOOR CULTIVATION; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROCLIMATE; NONHUMAN; OUT DOOR CULTIVATION; SPECIES CULTIVATION; WEATHER;

'CHLORELLA' MIRABILIS; ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 84884252359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00097     Document Type: Article

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