Development of flow cytometric procedures for the efficient isolation of improved lipid accumulation mutants in a Chlorella sp. microalga

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1643-1651

  Manandhar Shrestha, Kalpana ^a   Hildebrand, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Chlorella; Flow cytometry; Mutant; Selection; Triacylglycerols

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887451660     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-013-0021-8     Document Type: Article

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