Biomass and oil content of Chlorella sp., Haematococcus sp., Nannochloris sp. and Scenedesmus sp. under mixotrophic growth conditions in the presence of technical glycerol

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 83-90

  Andruleviciute, Vaida ^b   Makareviciene, Violeta ^a   Skorupskaite, Virginija ^a   Gumbyte, Milda ^a  

^a VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Biomass; Glycerol; Microalgae; Mixotrophic conditions

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLORELLA SP.; HAEMATOCOCCUS; NANNOCHLORIS; SCENEDESMUS;

EID: 84893817615     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-013-0048-x     Document Type: Article

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