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Michael A. Borowitzka

Michael A. Borowitzka

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Biology and Biochemistry

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Overview

Michael A. Borowitzka is affiliated with Murdoch University in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on energy, with a significant emphasis on renewable energy, sustainability, and environmental studies.

The scientist's work spans multiple subfields including:

  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Oceanography
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Aquatic Science

Borowitzka's research covers a variety of topics, notably:

  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
  • Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies

Among the recent papers attributed to Borowitzka are:

  • Screening, acclimation and ammonia tolerance of microalgae grown in food waste digestate, 2020, Journal of Applied Phycology
  • Temperature and salinity effects on growth and fatty acid composition of a halophilic diatom, Amphora sp. MUR258 (Bacillariophyceae), 2020, Journal of Applied Phycology
  • Calcification in the coralline red algae: a synthesis, 2023, Phycologia
  • Carotenoid production of Botryococcus braunii CCAP 807/2 under different growth conditions, 2022, Journal of Applied Phycology
  • Concise reviews of seaweeds of current and future commercial interest, 2020, Journal of Applied Phycology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Borowitzka include:

  • Navid R. Moheimani
  • Alejandro H. Buschmann
  • Indrayani Indrayani
  • Shawn Robinson
  • Charles Yarish

Publication venues most commonly featuring their work are:

  • Journal of Applied Phycology
  • Phycologia
  • Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
  • European Review of Agricultural Economics

Best Publications

  • Commercial production of microalgae: ponds, tanks, tubes and fermenters

    Michael A. Borowitzka

  • High-value products from microalgae—their development and commercialisation

    Michael A. Borowitzka

  • Limits to Growth

    Michael A. Borowitzka

  • Micro-algal biotechnology

    Michael A. Borowitzka;Lesley J. Borowitzka

  • Microalgae as sources of pharmaceuticals and other biologically active compounds

    Michael A. Borowitzka

  • Microalgae for aquaculture: Opportunities and constraints

    Michael A. Borowitzka

  • An economic and technical evaluation of microalgal biofuels

    Evan Stephens;Ian L Ross;Zachary King;Jan H Mussgnug

  • Algae for biofuels and energy

    Michael A. Borowitzka;Navid R. Moheimani

  • Algal biotechnology products and processes — matching science and economics

    Michael A. Borowitzka

  • Future prospects of microalgal biofuel production systems

    Evan Stephens;Ian Ross;Jan H. Mussgnug;Liam Wagner

  • Sustainable biofuels from algae

    Michael Armin Borowitzka;Navid Reza Moheimani

  • Vitamins and fine chemicals from micro-algae

    M.A. Borowitzka

  • Culture of the astaxanthin-producing green algaHaematococcus pluvialis 1. Effects of nutrients on growth and cell type

    Michael A. Borowitzka;John M. Huisman;Ann Osborn

  • Diurnal lipid and mucus production in the staghorn coral Acropora acuminata

    Chris Crossland;David Barnes;Mike Borowitzka

  • Culturing microalgae in outdoor ponds

    M.A. Borowitzka

  • The taxonomy of the genus Dunaliella (Chlorophyta, Dunaliellales) with emphasis on the marine and halophilic species

    Michael A. Borowitzka;Christopher J. Siva

  • Chlorophyll a Fluorescence in Aquatic Sciences: Methods and Applications

    David J. Suggett;Ondrej Prášil;Michael A. Borowitzka

  • The long-term culture of the coccolithophore Pleurochrysis carterae (Haptophyta) in outdoor raceway ponds

    Navid Reza Moheimani;Michael A. Borowitzka

  • The Physiology of Microalgae

    Michael A Borowitzka;John Beardall;John Albert Raven

  • Standard Methods for Measuring Growth of Algae and Their Composition

    Navid Reza Moheimani;Michael A. Borowitzka;Andreas Isdepsky;Sophie Fon Sing;Sophie Fon Sing

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony W. D. Larkum
Anthony W. D. Larkum University of Sydney
Alan T. Critchley
Alan T. Critchley Cape Breton University
Olaf Kruse
Olaf Kruse Bielefeld University
David Lewis
David Lewis University of Adelaide
Jen A. McComb
Jen A. McComb Murdoch University
Hamid Nikraz
Hamid Nikraz Curtin University
Parisa A. Bahri
Parisa A. Bahri Murdoch University
Nicholas A. Paul
Nicholas A. Paul University of the Sunshine Coast
Susana Enríquez
Susana Enríquez National Autonomous University of Mexico
John A. Raven
John A. Raven University of Dundee

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