Mixotrophic cultivation promotes growth, lipid productivity, and PUFA production of a thermophilic Chlorophyta strain related to the genus Graesiella

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 35-43

  Zili, Fatma ^a,b   Bouzidi, Nahla ^a   Ammar, Jihene ^a   Zakhama, Wiem ^a   Ghoul, Mohamed ^c   Sayadi, Sami ^b   Ben Ouada, Hatem ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER   (Tunisia)

^b CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Fatty acids; Graesiella; Growth; Lipid productivity; Mixotrophy; PSII efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983802566     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: 15735176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-016-0941-1     Document Type: Article

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