Physiological responses of freshwater oleaginous microalgae Desmodesmus sp. NMX451 under nitrogen deficiency and alkaline pH-induced lipid accumulation

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 649-659

  Xia, Ling ^a,b   Yang, Haijian ^a,b   He, Qiaoning ^a,b   Hu, Chunxiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Bicarbonate addition; Desmodesmus sp. NMX451; Microalgae cultivation; Nitrogen deficiency; Oil accumulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939974655     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: 15735176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-014-0371-x     Document Type: Article

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