Isolation and evaluation of oil-producing microalgae from subtropical coastal and brackish waters.

Microalgae have been widely reported as a promising source of biofuels, mainly based on their high areal productivity of biomass and lipids as triacylglycerides and the possibility for cultivation on non-arable land. The isolation and selection of suitable strains that are robust and display high gr...

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Main Authors: David K Y Lim, Sourabh Garg, Matthew Timmins, Eugene S B Zhang, Skye R Thomas-Hall, Holger Schuhmann, Yan Li, Peer M Schenk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3394722?pdf=render