Biotechnological production and application of high-value microbial oils

Industrial Fermentation: Food Processes, Nutrient Sources and Production Strategies

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 187-215

  Laoteng, Kobkul ^a   Certik, Milan ^b  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

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