Improved productivity of neutral lipids in Chlorella sp. A2 by minimal nitrogen supply

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue APR, 2016, Pages

  Zhu, Junying ^a   Chen, Weixian ^b,c   Chen, Hui ^b   Zhang, Xin ^b,c   He, Chenliu ^b   Rong, Junfeng ^a   Wang, Qiang ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM PROCESSING   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Algal cultivation; Biofuel feedstock; Biomass; Chlorella sp. A2; Lipid; Minimal nitrogen supply

Indexed keywords

LIPID; NEUTRAL LIPID; NITROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CELL GROWTH; CHLORELLA; CHLORELLA SP. A2; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GROWTH RATE; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 84966421144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00557     Document Type: Article

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