Ning Zhang

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Can microalgae utilize fatty acid or oil as a carbon source?

I am growing chlorella on a mixture of organic carbon source, which contains mainly glycerol, but also some fatty acid, and perhaps a little pigments. In analyzing the total organic carbon, the...

09 December 2014 553 3 View

Why does my algae culture smell like E.coli?

Hi, I ran a batch in 4 flasks starting 6 days ago, 2 heterotrophically and 2 mixotrophically. The 2 heterotrophic ones smell bad when I take samples everyday, and for some time, I think I smell...

15 October 2014 9,965 8 View

Is it OK to decant the water build up in algae culture plates?

Hi, I have streaked some agar plates with algae that I want to purify. After a few days, there is always water build up in the plates. Thanks.

02 July 2014 824 6 View