ASTM D1067-11 (2011), Standard Test Methods for Acidity or Alkalinity of Water, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA.

Balaji S, Gopi K, Muthuvelan B (2013). A review on production of poly β hydroxybutyrates from cyanobacteria for the production of bio plastics. Algal Res. 2(3):278-285.
Crossref

Bugnicourt E, Cinelli P, Lazzeri A, Alvarez V (2014). Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA): Review of synthesis, characteristics, processing and potential applications in packaging. Express Polym. Lett. 8(11):791-808.
Crossref

Castilho LR, Mitchell DA, Freire DMG (2009). Production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) from waste materials and by-products by submerged and solid-state fermentation. Biores Technol. 100(23):5996-6009.
Crossref

Cataldo DA, Haroon M, Schrader LE, Youngs VL (1975). Rapid colorimetric determination of nitrate in plant tissue by nitration of salicylic acid. Comm. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 6(1):71-80.
Crossref

Dawes EA, Senior PJ (1973). The role and regulation of energy reserve polymers in microorganisms. Adv. Microbial. Physiol. 10:135-266.
Crossref

Hauf W, Schlebusch M, Hüge J, Kopka J, Hagemann M, Forchhammer K (2013). Metabolic changes in Synechocystis PCC6803 upon nitrogen-starvation: Excess NADPH Sustains Polyhydroxybutyrate Accumulation. Metabolites. 3(1):101-118.
Crossref

Jau N, Yewa S, Toh PSY, Chong ASC, Chu W, Phang S, Najimudin N, Sudesh K (2005). Biosynthesis and mobilization of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) [P(3HB)] by Spirulina platensis. Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 36(3):144-151.
Crossref

Kessler B, Witholt B (2001). Factors involved in the regulatory network of polyhydroxyalkanoate metabolism. J. Biotechnol. 86(2): 97-104.
Crossref

Khanna S, Srivastava AK (2005). Recent advances in microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates. Process Biochem. 40(2): 607-619.
Crossref

Koller M, Bona R, Chiellini E, Fernandes EG, Horvat P, Kutschera C, Hesse P, Braunegg G (2008). Polyhydroxyalkanoate production from whey by Psedoumonas hydrogenovora. Biores. Technol. 99(11):1854-4863.
Crossref

Laycock B, Halley P, Pratt S, Werker A, Lant P (2013). The chemomechanical properties of microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates. Progress in Polymer Science. 38(3,4):536-583.

Lee SY (1996). Plastic bactéria? Progress and prospects for polyhydroxyalkanoate production in bacteria. Trends Biotechnol. 14(11):431-438.
Crossref

Markou G, Vandamme D, Muylaert K (2014). Microalgal and cyanobacterial cultivation: The supply of nutrients. Water Res. 65:186-202.
Crossref

Martins RG, Gonçalves IS, Morais MG, Costa JAV (2014). Bioprocess Engineering Aspects of Biopolymer Production by the Cyanobacterium Spirulina Strain LEB 18. Int. J. Polym Sci. 6 pp.

Morais MG, Vaz BS, Morais EG, Costa JAV (2015). Biologically Active Metabolites Synthesized by Microalgae. Biomed. Res. Int.

Panda B, Jain P, Sharma L, Mallick N (2006). Optimization of cultural and nutritional conditions for accumulation of poly-p-hydroxybutyrate in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Biores. Technol. 97(11):1296-1301.
Crossref

Pelizer LH, Danesi EDG, Rangel CO, SASSANO CEN, CARVALHO JCM, SATO S, MORAES IO (2003). Influence of inoculum age and concentration in Spirulina platensis cultivation. J. Food Eng. 56(4):371-375.
Crossref

Nautiyal P, Subramanian KA, Dastidar MG (2014). Kinetic and thermodynamic studies on biodiesel production from Spirulina platensis algae biomass using single stage extraction–transesterification process. Fuel. 135: 228-234.
Crossref

Samantaray S, Nayak JK, Mallick N (2011). Wastewater Utilization for Poly-β-Hydroxybutyrate Production by the Cyanobacterium Aulosira fertilissima in a Recirculatory Aquaculture System. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. Appl. 77(24): 8735–8743.
Crossref

Sharma L, Mallick N (2005). Accumulation of poly-b-hydroxybutyrate in Nostoc muscorum: regulation by pH, light-dark cycles, N and P status and carbon sources. Biores Technol. 96(11):1304-1310.
Crossref

Wang B, Pugh S, Nielsen DR, Zhang W, Meldrum DR (2013). Engineering cyanobacteria forphotosynthetic production of 3-hydroxybutyrate directly from CO2. Metab Eng.16:68-77.
Crossref

Zarrouk C (1966). Contribution à l'étude d'une cyanophycée. Influence de diveurs facteurs physiques et chimiques sur la croissance et photosynthèse de Spirulina maxima Geitler. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Paris, Paris. Impress.