Culture of the green microalga Botryococcus braunii Showa with LED irradiation eliminating violet light enhances hydrocarbon production and recovery

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1765-1771

  Atobe, Sueko ^a   Saga, Kiyotaka ^a   Maeyama, Haruko ^a   Fujiwara, Kazuhiro ^a   Okada, Shigeru ^a   Imou, Kenji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Botryococcus braunii; Extracellular matrix; Hydrocarbon; Violet light

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOFUELS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; HYDROCARBONS; IRRADIATION; RECOVERY;

BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION; HYDROCARBON RECOVERY; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; THERMAL PRE-TREATMENT; THERMAL PRETREATMENTS; WATERSOLUBLE POLYMERS;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

ALGAE; BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII;

BIOPOLYMER; CAROTENOID; HYDROCARBON; WATER;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DEVICES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE;

BIOPOLYMERS; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYTA; COLOR; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HYDROCARBONS; LIGHT; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 84930736674     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2014.932663     Document Type: Article

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