Effect of light level and salinity on the composition and accumulation of free and ester-type carotenoids in the aerial microalga Scenedesmus sp. (Chlorophyceae)

Algal Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2015, Pages 30-36

  Aburai, Nobuhiro ^a   Sumida, Daichi ^a   Abe, Katsuya ^a  

^a KOGAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerial microalgae; Carotenoids; Light stress; Salt stress; Scenedesmus sp.

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYCEAE; SCENEDESMUS;

EID: 84924810815     PISSN: 22119264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2015.01.005     Document Type: Article

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