A review on the assessment of stress conditions for simultaneous production of microalgal lipids and carotenoids

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue MAY, 2016, Pages

  Minhas, Amritpreet K ^a   Hodgson, Peter ^b   Barrow, Colin J ^b   Adholeya, Alok ^a  

^a THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autotrophic; Biorefinery; Carotenoids; Heterotrophic; Lipids; PUFA

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CAROTENOID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; IRON; LIPID; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; UREA;

ALGAL GROWTH; CARBON SOURCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIGHT; LIPOGENESIS; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84973483305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00546     Document Type: Review

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