Label-free measurement of algal triacylglyceride production using fluorescence hyperspectral imaging

Algal Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 181-189

  Davis, Ryan W ^a   Jones, Howland D T ^b,c   Collins, Aaron M ^b   Ricken, J Bryce ^b   Sinclair, Michael B ^b   Timlin, Jerilyn A ^b   Singh, Seema ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Fluorescence microscopy; Hyperspectral imaging; Membrane recycling; Microalgae; Triacylglyceride

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DUNALIELLA SALINA; NANNOCHLOROPSIS SP.; NEOCHLORIS OLEOABUNDANS;

EID: 84924064975     PISSN: 22119264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2013.11.010     Document Type: Article

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