Harvesting carbohydrate-rich Arthrospira platensis by spontaneous settling

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 180, Issue , 2015, Pages 16-21

  Depraetere, Orily ^a   Pierre, Guillaume ^b   Deschoenmaeker, Frédéric ^c   Badri, Hanène ^d   Foubert, Imogen ^e   Leys, Natalie ^d   Markou, Giorgos ^f   Wattiez, Ruddy ^c   Michaud, Philippe ^b   Muylaert, Koenraad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c Department of Math and OR   (Belgium)

^d BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^e Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems   (Belgium)

^f AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; Flocculation; Harvesting; Nitrogen stress; Spirulina

Indexed keywords

BIOETHANOL; DEWATERING; FLOCCULATION; HARVESTING; NITROGEN;

ARTHROSPIRA PLATENSIS; EXTRACELLULAR; FILAMENTOUS CYANOBACTERIUM ARTHROSPIRA PLATENSIS; GRAVITY SETTLING; HIGH-THROUGHPUT METHOD; NITROGEN STRESS; SETTLING VELOCITY; SPIRULINA;

CARBOHYDRATES;

BIOFUEL; GLYCOGEN; NITROGEN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SPIRULINA;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GLYCOGEN; NITROGEN; POLYSACCHARIDES; SPIRULINA;

EID: 84920911139     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.12.084     Document Type: Article

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