Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10687556 | Algal Research | 2013 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Expanding efforts in both commercial and research facilities will require the screening and monitoring of candidate algal strains for lipid synthesis. Universal adoption of a reference standard will provide a common platform to compare the fatty acid compositions of different algal strains grown under diverse environmental conditions and subjected to different oil recovery methods. A reproducibly generated natural matrix standard will have two distinct advantages: (a) as a reproducibly generated standard, it can supplant reference products that vary markedly among suppliers; and (b) the use of a natural matrix standard will help in the identification and elimination of errors in lipid extraction, derivatization and analysis.
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Authors
Nicholas Bigelow, James Barker, Scott Ryken, Johnathan Patterson, William Hardin, Steven Barlow, Chloe Deodato, Rose Ann Cattolico,