Chlorella sorokiniana: Effect of Nitrate Replete Concentration on Biomass Yield, Cell and Nitrate Concentration

2019 ◽  
Vol 797 ◽  
pp. 365-372
Author(s):  
Nor Azalina Zakariah ◽  
Norazah Abd Rahman ◽  
Noor Amelina Abdul Rahim

Effect of various nitrate replete concentrations have been investigated in terms of biomass yield, cell and nitrate concentrations. Media used in this study is Bold’s basal medium which contains nitrate that act as nutrient. Its concentrations have been varied for obtaining the high biomass yield. The nitrate concentrations used were 30 mg nitrate/L, 35 mg nitrate/L, 40 mg nitrate/L, 45 mg nitrate/L and 50 mg nitrate/L) with 30 mg nitrate/L as a control. Microalgae Chlorella sp. is cultured and aerated in a Schott bottle with presents of light. Results showed that the best concentration to obtain highest biomass yield was 45 mg nitrate/L. It also gave the highest optical density reading at day 9 with 2.100 ± 0.070 and showed the highest cell concentration with 703 ± 29 x 106 cells/mL. Dry algae produced by this concentration after the end of the cycle was 291 ± 9 mg which was the highest compared to other concentration. It is suggested that as the biomass yield is increased by using 45 mg nitrate/L concentration, other methods to increase lipid content can be paired with nitrate replete method and can be further studied in the future.

2013 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 405-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang-Ihn Yang ◽  
Sang-Bok Lee ◽  
Yong-Jae Won ◽  
Eok-Keun Ahn ◽  
Myeong-Ki Kim ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 640-655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara N. Olson ◽  
Kimberley Ritter ◽  
William Rooney ◽  
Armen Kemanian ◽  
Bruce A. McCarl ◽  
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2002 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 555-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Solomon Kibite, V. Baron ◽  
D. McCartney ◽  
N. Fairey ◽  
G. Clayton

Murphy is a high-yielding forage oat (Avena sativa L.) cultivar developed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lacombe Research Centre, Lacombe, AB, and released in 2000. It is a late-maturing cultivar with high biomass yield and good lodging resistance. It was developed from a cross of Waldern/IH-1863-515. Murphy is well adapted to Alberta and the rust-free areas of Saskatchewan. Key words: Avena sativa, forage oat (spring), cultivar description


Crop Science ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lakhdar Boukerrou ◽  
Donald D. Rasmusson

2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 213-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. SAHRAMAA ◽  
H. IHAMÄKI ◽  
L. JAUHIAINEN

Reed canary grass, Phalaris arundinacea L., is a relatively new biomass crop in northern Europe, which produces raw material for bioenergy and paper pulp. Breeding reed canary grass for industrial purposes is under way in the absence of domestic cultivars being available. Knowledge of the extent of variation in biomass related traits is a basic requirement of the breeding programme. The aim of this study was to describe variation in biomass related traits and evaluate the relationships among the variables. Field experiment was carried out between 1994 and 1998 in Finland. Research material included wild and elite populations, which were divided into ten groups according to their origin. Biomass yield, plant fractions, shoot number, node number, leaf area and overwintering ability were measured. Panicle number, plant height and seed ripening were included to the analyses of the relationships. Results indicated the high biomass yield potential of reed canary grass, reaching over 13 t DM ha-1 in the fourth year after establishment. Elite material and a local group from southern Finland had the highest biomass yield, whereas the northernmost local group had the lowest. Three factors established accounted for 45% of the variance and they were defined as “high biomass yield”, “leaf-shoot relationship” and “fast development”. The first factor indicated positive connections among biomass yield, panicle number, plant height, straw fraction and node fraction. This study indicated variation in agronomic traits of reed canary grass, which enables breeding of new cultivars with desired trait combinations.;


Author(s):  
Hyun-Sik Yun ◽  
Young-Saeng Kim ◽  
Ho-Sung Yoon

In the past, biomass production using microalgae culture was dependent on inorganic carbon sources as microalgae are photosynthetic organisms. However, microalgae utilize both organic and inorganic carbon sources, such as glucose. Glucose is an excellent source of organic carbon that enhances biomass yield and the content of useful substances in microalgae. In this study, photoautotrophic, mixotrophic, and heterotrophic cultivation conditions were applied to three well-known strains of Chlorella (KNUA104, KNUA114, and KNUA122) to assess biomass productivity, and compositional changes (lipid, protein, and pigment) were evaluated in BG11 media under photoautotrophic, mixotrophic, and heterotrophic conditions utilizing different initial concentrations of glucose (5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 g L−1). Compared to the photoautotrophic condition (biomass yield: KNUA104, 0.35 ± 0.04 g/L/d; KNUA114, 0.40 ± 0.08 g/L/d; KNUA122, 0.38 ± 0.05 g/L/d) glucose was absent, and the biomass yield improved in the mixotrophic (glucose: 20 g L−1; biomass yield: KNUA104, 2.99 ± 0.10 g/L/d; KNUA114, 5.18 ± 0.81 g/L/d; KNUA122, 5.07 ± 0.22 g/L/d) and heterotrophic conditions (glucose: 20 g L−1; biomass yield: KNUA104, 1.72 ± 0.26 g/L/d; KNUA114, 4.26 ± 0.27 g/L/d; KNUA122, 4.32 ± 0.32 g/L/d). All strains under mixotrophic and heterotrophic conditions were optimally cultured when 15–20 g L−1 initial glucose was provided. Although bioresourse productivity improved under both mixotrophic and heterotrophic conditions where mixotrophic conditions were found to be optimal as the yields of lipid and pigment were also enhanced. Protein content was less affected by the presence of light or the concentration of glucose. Under mixotrophic conditions, the highest lipid content (glucose: 15 g L−1; lipid content: 68.80 ± 0.54%) was obtained with Chlorella vulgaris KNUA104, and enhanced pigment productivity of Chlorella sorokiniana KNUA114 and KNUA122 (additional pigment yield obtained with 15 g L−1 glucose: KNUA 114, 0.33 ± 0.01 g L−1; KNUA122, 0.21 ± 0.01 g L−1). Also, saturated fatty acid (SFA) content was enhanced in all strains (SFA: KNUA104, 29.76 ± 1.31%; KNUA114, 37.01 ± 0.98%; KNUA122, 33.37 ± 0.17%) under mixotrophic conditions. These results suggest that mixotrophic cultivation of Chlorella vulgaris and Chlorella sorokiniana could improve biomass yield and the raw material quality of biomass.


2013 ◽  
Vol 864-867 ◽  
pp. 60-66
Author(s):  
Yu Qiang Gao ◽  
Qiu Yan Zhang ◽  
Li Huang ◽  
Lin Wang ◽  
Xu Ya Yu

The influence of pH on Monoraphidium sp. FXY-10 growth, lipid content, lipid yield, biomass yield, and fatty acid composition is studied in autotrophic and heterotrophic conditions. The results reveal that Monoraphidium sp. FXY-10 can grow better in an acidic environment. Under autotrophic and heterotrophic conditions, the culture time is 37 and 9 day, respectively. And the maximum biomass of algal cells is 32 and 367mg/l/d with the lipid content in autotrophic and heterotrophic conditions reached to 49% and 39%, respectively, with high biomass yield, lipid yield, the saturated fatty acid and monounsaturated fatty acid under heterotrophic condition, proving that the algal cells are a viable material for the production of biodiesel.


Author(s):  
Silvija Kukle ◽  
Jānis Grāvītis ◽  
Anna Putniņa ◽  
Anete Stikute

As hemp is a renewable resource with the high biomass yield it could be considered as potential abundant local biomass material for a wide range of applications. In this article hemp fibres architecture as a source of high strength cellulose are analysed. In experimental part steam explosion technology is applied to disintegrate technical hemp fibres to elementary fibres with the aim to find out the best way of procedure without usage to environment harmful chemical pre-treatments and looking forward to solve problems on further nano-level environment friendly hemp cellulose disintegration.


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