Isolation and characterization of a Chlorella mutant producing high amounts of chlorophyll and carotenoids

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 385-393

  Ishikawa, Eiji ^a   Sansawa, Hiroshi ^a   Abe, Hiroshi ^b  

^a YAKULT CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlorella mutants; chloroplast generation; heterotrophic cultivation; high production of chlorophyll and carotenoids; sugar repression

Indexed keywords

GREEN ALGA;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 8744276634     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JAPH.0000047949.31288.33     Document Type: Article

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