Responses in growth, lipid accumulation, and fatty acid composition of four oleaginous microalgae to different nitrogen sources and concentrations

Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1306-1314

  Li, Tao ^a   Wan, Linglin ^a   Li, Aifen ^a   Zhang, Chengwu ^a  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

biomass; fatty acid composition; lipid classification; nitrogen deficiency; oleaginous microalgae; total lipids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887305317     PISSN: 02544059     EISSN: 19935005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00343-013-2316-7     Document Type: Article

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