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Current research and perspectives of microalgal biofuels in Australia

Yan Li School of Agriculture & Food Sciences and Queensland Alliance of Agriculture & Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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Navid Reza Moheimani Algae R&D Centre, School of Biological Sciences & Biotechnology, Murdoch University, WA 6150, Australia
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Peer M Schenk School of Agriculture & Food Sciences and Queensland Alliance of Agriculture & Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia. [email protected]
Pages 427-439 | Published online: 09 Apr 2014

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