Effect of pH on neutral lipid and biomass accumulation in microalgal strains native to the Canadian prairies and the Athabasca oil sands

• Published in: Journal of applied phycology Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 937 - 949
• Main Authors: Skrupski, Blair, Wilson, Kenneth E, Goff, Kira L, Zou, Jitao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer-Verlag 01.08.2013; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Accumulation; Alberta; Algae; Aquatic plants; biodiesel; Biodiesel fuels; Biofuels; Biomass; biomass production; Biomedical and Life Sciences; carbon; Carbon sequestration; Chlorellaceae; climate; Ecology; fatty acid composition; Fatty acids; fluorescence; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Gas chromatography; Life Sciences; Lipids; microalgae; nitrogen; Oil sands; oxidative stability; photosynthesis; Plant Physiology; Plant Sciences; Prairies; Renewable energy; Sulfur; triacylglycerols; Alberta; Canada, Alberta; Oil sands; Biomass; TAG; Biodiesel; pH stress; Lipid

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