Enhanced Accumulation of Carbohydrate and Starch in Chlorella zofingiensis Induced by Nitrogen Starvation

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Volumn 174, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2435-2445

  Zhu, Shunni ^a   Wang, Yajie ^a,b   Huang, Wei ^a,b   Xu, Jin ^a   Wang, Zhongming ^a   Xu, Jingliang ^a   Yuan, Zhenhong ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF ENERGY CONVERSION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; Carbohydrate; Chlorella zofingiensis; Nitrogen starvation; Starch

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOETHANOL; ETHANOL; FEEDSTOCKS; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN; PRODUCTIVITY; STARCH;

BIO-ETHANOL PRODUCTION; CARBOHYDRATE CONTENT; CHLORELLA ZOFINGIENSIS; DRY WEIGHT; MICRO-ALGAE; NITROGEN STARVATION; SPECIFIC GROWTH RATE; STARCH ACCUMULATION;

CARBOHYDRATES;

'CHLORELLA' ZOFINGIENSIS;

NITROGEN; STARCH;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLORELLA; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM;

CHLORELLA; NITROGEN; STARCH;

EID: 84916599622     PISSN: 02732289     EISSN: 15590291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12010-014-1183-9     Document Type: Article

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