Isolation and culture of green algae Haematococcus pluvialis and its molecular diversity

• Main Author: Noroozi, Mostafa
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Green algae - Molecular genetics; Green algae - Growth; Strain theory (Chemistry)
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/26483/1/FS%202011%2067R.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/26483/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Haematococcus pluvialis (Flotow) is a unicellular green alga from volvocale algae living in temporary shallow freshwater ponds and has many applications for humans, poultry and fishery due to its ability to produce astaxanthin. The main objective of this study was isolation of new strains from the w...