scholarly journals Optimization of Light Intensity and NaNO3 Concentration in Amazon Cyanobacteria Cultivation to Produce Biodiesel

Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (12) ◽  
pp. 2326
Author(s):  
Joseline Barbosa Aboim ◽  
Deborah Terra de Oliveira ◽  
Vanessa Albuquerque de Mescouto ◽  
André Silva dos Reis ◽  
Geraldo Narciso da Rocha Filho ◽  
...  

The objective of this study, for the first time, was to optimize Amazonian cyanobacterial culture conditions for improving cell productivity and lipid content, by analyzing the effect of light intensity and nitrogen concentration, for empirically evaluating biodiesel quality parameters. The strains Synechocystis sp. CACIAM05, Microcystis aeruginosa CACIAM08, Pantanalinema rosaneae CACIAM18, and Limnothrix sp. CACIAM25, were previously identified by morphological and molecular analysis (16S rRNA) and were selected based on their production of chlorophyll a and dry cell weight. Then, factorial planning (22) with central points was applied, with light intensity and NaNO3 concentration as independent variables. As response variables, cell productivity and lipid content were determined. Statistical analysis indicated that for all strains, the independent variables were statistically significant for cell productivity. Analysis of the fatty acid composition demonstrated diversity in the composition of the fatty acid profile from the experimental planning assays of each strain. The Biodiesel Analyzer software predicted the biodiesel quality parameters. CACIAM05 and CACIAM25 obtained better parameters with low levels of light intensity and NaNO3 concentration, whereas CACIAM08 and CACIAM18 obtained better parameters with low NaNO3 concentrations and high luminous intensity.

BIOSCIENTIAE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunawan Gunawan

The objectives of the research were to obtain specific microalgae that are able to produce high lipid, and to determine suitable culture technique for optimum growth and maximum lipid production. Microalgae were identified, isolated, selected and then grown on IMK medium at 27-29oC under continuous light irradiation for 24 hours.   The microalgae were then selected for lipid content using Nile Red. The selected microalgae were then grown under the same medium and condition as before followed by selection based on their growth rate. To find an appropriate medium for specific microalgae, the selected microalgae were then grown on various media such as BG11, Zarrouk, MBM, PHM and BBM media.  When a medium was selected, it was then used as the medium for the nitrogen source and light intensity experiments. Those selected microalgae from each location were cultured on the selected medium at different nitrogen concentration (0,5, 1 and 2 M) and different light intensities (35, 70 and 140 µmol photon/m2/sec).  The result showed that Ciwalini has diversity index (H) 2,21. Identification indicated that ciwalini species was Chlorophyta. In this research maximum growth rate was at 2 M  nitrogen consentratiom with 140 µmol photon/m2/sec light intensity. Lipid content ranged from 11,7% - 28%. The highest lipid content was occurred on media 0,5 M nitrogen consentration and 140 µmol photon/m2/sec light intensity. Lipid Productivity ranged from 0,070,18 g/l/day.


2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-120
Author(s):  
Nguyễn Thị Thu Liên ◽  
Nguyễn Hồng Sơn ◽  
Lê Thị Tuyết Nhân

Microalgae, especially diatom, are an optimal resource of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). Recently, the new industrial scale culture systems are being developed for the purpose of producing the large amounts of biomass for biofuel, medicinal, cosmetical production. However, an economic utilization system needs to be standardized for the optimal production of the resources. In this way, manipulation of culture conditions (physicochemical factors) represents a solution to increase the lipid yield. The strain Chaetoceros ChTA is one of the high potential lipid strains, isolated from Thuan An coastal zone, Thua Thien Hue province. This paper deals with the growth and total lipid content of the marine diatom strain, Chaetoceros ChTA at different concentrations of sodium nitrate, sodium phosphate and sodium silicate under the laboratory condition. In addition, the fatty acid composition of the strain Chaetoceros ChTA growing in f/2 medium (control formula) was also analyzed. The result showed that this diatom strain successfully growed with maximum biomass production of 0.482g/L at the 112.50 mg/L of sodium nitrate meanwhile maximum total lipid content of 25.62% dry cell weight was recorded in the medium amended with 2.13 mg/L sodium phosphate. The fatty acid composition of this strain in f/2 medium (control) was analysed through GC-MS and the result showed that the saturated fatty acid content was 32.3% while the content of unsaturated fatty acid was 65.9% of the total fatty acid (TFA). The fatty acid composition also contains a significant amount of EPA (14.33%) and DHA is suitable for navigation use them as functional foods, pharmaceuticals and feed supplements for animals in aquaculture.


Author(s):  
C. S. Bricker ◽  
S. R. Barnum ◽  
B. Huang ◽  
J. G. Jaworskl

Cyanobacteria are Gram negative prokaryotes that are capable of oxygenic photosynthesis. Although there are many similarities between eukaryotes and cyanobacteria in electron transfer and phosphorylation during photosynthesis, there are two features of the photosynthetic apparatus in cyanobacteria which distinguishes them from plants. Cyanobacteria contain phycobiliproteins organized in phycobilisomes on the surface of photosynthetic membrane. Another difference is in the organization of the photosynthetic membranes. Instead of stacked thylakolds within a chloroplast envelope membrane, as seen In eukaryotes, IntracytopIasmlc membranes generally are arranged in three to six concentric layers. Environmental factors such as temperature, nutrition and light fluency can significantly affect the physiology and morphology of cells. The effect of light Intensity shifts on the ultrastructure of Internal membrane in Anabaena variabilis grown under controlled environmental conditions was examined. Since a major constituent of cyanobacterial thylakolds are lipids, the fatty acid content also was measured and correlated with uItrastructural changes. The regulation of fatty acid synthesis in cyanobacteria ultimately can be studied if the fatty acid content can be manipulated.


1995 ◽  
Vol 377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena Gleskova ◽  
S. Wagner

ABSTRACTWe report results of a search for a unifying rate law for the annealing of metastable defects in hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H). We tested the hypothesis that defect-annealing by both heating or illumination is driven by the density of free electrons. This hypothesis is formulated via the rate equation - dN/dt = A nα N f (T), where N is the defect density, t the time, A a constant, n the free electron density, and f (T) a function of temperature derived from a distribution of annealing energies. The model fits two sets of data, with light-intensity and electrical conductivity as the independent variables, reasonably well, with a ranging from 0.39 to 0.76, but not the third set, where we varied the temperature.


Copeia ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 1999 (3) ◽  
pp. 766 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ileana E. Clavijo ◽  
Carolyn S. Dunn ◽  
Pamela J. Seaton

BMC Genomics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Ma ◽  
Na Luo ◽  
Lu Liu ◽  
Huanxian Cui ◽  
Jing Li ◽  
...  

Abstract Background A body distribution with high intramuscular fat and low abdominal fat is the ideal goal for broiler breeding. Preadipocytes with different origins have differences in terms of metabolism and gene expression. The transcriptome analysis performed in this study of intramuscular preadipocytes (DIMFPs) and adipose tissue-derived preadipocytes (DAFPs) aimed to explore the characteristics of lipid deposition in different chicken preadipocytes by dedifferentiation in vitro. Results Compared with DAFPs, the total lipid content in DIMFPs was reduced (P < 0.05). Moreover, 72 DEGs related to lipid metabolism were screened, which were involved in adipocyte differentiation, fatty acid transport and fatty acid synthesis, lipid stabilization, and lipolysis. Among the 72 DEGs, 19 DEGs were enriched in the PPAR signaling pathway, indicating its main contribution to the regulation of the difference in lipid deposition between DAFPs and DIMFPs. Among these 19 genes, the representative APOA1, ADIPOQ, FABP3, FABP4, FABP7, HMGCS2, LPL and RXRG genes were downregulated, but the ACSL1, FABP5, PCK2, PDPK1, PPARG, SCD, SCD5, and SLC27A6 genes were upregulated (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01) in the DIMFPs. In addition, the well-known pathways affecting lipid metabolism (MAPK, TGF-beta and calcium) and the pathways related to cell communication were enriched, which may also contribute to the regulation of lipid deposition. Finally, the regulatory network for the difference in lipid deposition between chicken DAFPs and DIMFPs was proposed based on the above information. Conclusions Our data suggested a difference in lipid deposition between DIMFPs and DAFPs of chickens in vitro and proposed a molecular regulatory network for the difference in lipid deposition between chicken DAFPs and DIMFPs. The lipid content was significantly increased in DAFPs by the direct mediation of PPAR signaling pathways. These findings provide new insights into the regulation of tissue-specific fat deposition and the optimization of body fat distribution in broilers.


2019 ◽  
Vol 316 (3) ◽  
pp. H710-H721 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria L. Nasci ◽  
Sandra Chuppa ◽  
Lindsey Griswold ◽  
Kathryn A. Goodreau ◽  
Ranjan K. Dash ◽  
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Cardiovascular-related pathologies are the single leading cause of death in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Previously, we found that a 5/6th nephrectomy model of CKD leads to an upregulation of miR-21-5p in the left ventricle, targeting peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α and altering the expression of numerous transcripts involved with fatty acid oxidation and glycolysis. In the present study, we evaluated the potential for knockdown or overexpression of miR-21-5p to regulate lipid content, lipid peroxidation, and mitochondrial respiration in H9C2 cells. Cells were transfected with anti-miR-21-5p (40 nM), pre-miR-21-5p (20 nM), or the appropriate scrambled oligonucleotide controls before lipid treatment in culture or as part of the Agilent Seahorse XF fatty acid oxidation assay. Overexpression of miR-21-5p attenuated the lipid-induced increase in cellular lipid content, whereas suppression of miR-21-5p augmented it. The abundance of malondialdehyde, a product of lipid peroxidation, was significantly increased with lipid treatment in control cells but attenuated in pre-miR-21-5p-transfected cells. This suggests that miR-21-5p reduces oxidative stress. The cellular oxygen consumption rate (OCR) was increased in both pre-miR-21-5p- and anti-miR-21-5p-transfected cells. Levels of intracellular ATP were significantly higher in anti-mR-21-5p-transfected cells. Pre-miR-21-5p blocked additional increases in OCR in response to etomoxir and palmitic acid. Conversely, anti-miR-21-5p-transfected cells exhibited reduced OCR with both etomoxir and palmitic acid, and the glycolytic capacity was concomitantly reduced. Together, these results indicate that overexpression of miR-21-5p attenuates both lipid content and lipid peroxidation in H9C2 cells. This likely occurs by reducing cellular lipid uptake and utilization, shifting cellular metabolism toward reliance on the glycolytic pathway. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Both overexpression and suppression of miR-21-5p augment basal and maximal mitochondrial respiration. Our data suggest that reliance on glycolytic and fatty acid oxidation pathways can be modulated by the abundance of miR-21-5p within the cell. miR-21-5p regulation of mitochondrial respiration can be modulated by extracellular lipids.


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