Amino Acids Are an Ineffective Fertilizer for Dunaliella spp. Growth

Amino Acids Are an Ineffective Fertilizer for Dunaliella spp. Growth

Autotrophic microalgae are a promising bioproducts platform. However, the fundamental requirements these organisms have for nitrogen fertilizer severely limit the impact and scale of their cultivation. As an alternative to inorganic fertilizers, we investigated the possibility of using amino acids f...

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Main Authors: Colin A. Murphree, Jacob T. Dums, Siddharth K. Jain, Chengsong Zhao, Danielle Y. Young, Nicole Khoshnoodi, Andrey Tikunov, Jeffrey Macdonald, Guillaume Pilot, Heike Sederoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
Dunaliella
nitrogen recycling
lipids
biofuel
amino acids
sustainability
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2017.00847/full

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