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Algal Biofuel: Bountiful Lipid from Chlorococcum sp. proliferatingin Municipal Wastewater
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Durga Madhab Mahapatra1,2                         T.V. Ramachandra1,2,3,*
1 Energy and Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences [CES], 2 Centre for Sustainable Technologies (astra),
3 Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning [CiSTUP], Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560012, India.
*Corresponding author: cestvr@ces.iisc.ernet.in

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Citation : Durga Madhab Mahapatra and T.V. Ramachandra, 2013. Algal Biofuel: Bountiful Lipid from Chlorococcum sp. proliferating in Municipal Wastewater., Current Science, Vol. 105, No. 1, 10 July 2013, Pages 47–55.
* Corresponding Author :
Dr. T.V. Ramachandra
Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, India.
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