Recently I've read a book about vaccine production. The book discusses Lemna minor and its advantages compared to algae. Mainly the secretion of metabolites. But It is rarely mentioned compare to algae, is there something that I miss?
Have a look at the following RG links.
Article Multifaceted roles of duckweed in aquatic phytoremediation a...
Article Growth and nutrient removal efficiency of duckweed (lemna mi...
Article Potential of Duckweed ( Lemna minor ) for the Phytoremediati...
Dear Forbes Avila this is a very good technical question. Apparently Lemna minor (duckweed) is underrated, but there are very interesting recent studies showing the various practical uses of this plant. In addition to the valuable references suggested by Arvind Singh please also have a look at the following useful article, which reports a rather surprising paractical application of duckweed:
Research Progress of a Potential Bioreactor: Duckweed
Article Research Progress of a Potential Bioreactor: Duckweed
This paper is freely available as public full text on RG.
Yet another very important finding has been reported in the following article:
Expression of H5 hemagglutinin vaccine antigen in common duckweed (Lemna minor) protects against H5N1 high pathogenicity avian influenza virus challenge in immunized chicken
Article Expression of H5 hemagglutinin vaccine antigen in common duc...
Most of the authors of this study have RG profiles. Thus there is a good chance that you can request the full text directly from one of the authors via RG (in case that it is of interest to you).
I hope you will find this information useful. Good luck with your work!
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