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Ecobiological aspects of algae cultivation in wastewaters for recycling of nutrients and biofuel applications

Senthil Chinnasamy Aban Infrastructure Private Limited, Biotechnology Division, Chennai 600008, India. [email protected]
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Anjuli Sood Division of Microbiology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India
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Nirmal Renuka Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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Radha Prasanna Division of Microbiology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India
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Sachitra Kumar Ratha Aban Infrastructure Private Limited, Biotechnology Division, Chennai 600008, India
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Sailendra Bhaskar Aban Infrastructure Private Limited, Biotechnology Division, Chennai 600008, India
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Ramasamy Rengasamy Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Chennai 600025, India
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David M Lewis Microalgae Engineering Research Group, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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Pages 141-158 | Published online: 09 Apr 2014

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