Ultrahigh-cell-density culture of a marine green alga Chlorococcum littorale in a flat-plate photobioreactor |
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Authors: | Q Hu N Kurano M Kawachi I Iwasaki S Miyachi |
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Institution: | (1) Marine Biotechnology Institute, Kamaishi Laboratories, Heita, Kamaishi City, Iwate 026 Japan Tel.: +81 193 566537 Fax: +81 193 566584 e-mail: huqiang@kamaishi.mbio.co.jp, JP;(2) Marine Biotechnology Institute, Head Office, 1-28-10 Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113, Japan, JP |
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Abstract: | To test the feasibility of CO2 remediation by microalgal photosynthesis, a modified type of flat-plate photobioreactor Hu et al. (1996) Biotechnol Bioeng 51:51–60] has been designed for cultivation of a high-CO2-tolerant unicellular green alga Chlorococcum littorale. The modified reactor has a narrow light path in which intensive turbulent flow is provided by streaming compressed air through
perforated tubing into the culture suspension. The length of the reactor light path was optimized for the productivity of
biomass. The interrelationship between cell density and productivity, as affected by incident light intensity, was quantitatively
assessed. Cellular ultrastructural and biochemical changes in response to ultrahigh cell density were investigated. The potential
of biomass production under extremely high CO2 concentrations was also evaluated. By growing C. littorale cells in this reactor, a CO2 fixation rate of 16.7 g CO2 l−1 24 h−1 (or 200.4 g CO2 m−2 24 h−1) could readily be sustained at a light intensity of 2000 μmol m−2 s−1 at 25 °C, and an ultrahigh cell density of well over 80 g l−1 could be maintained by daily replacing the culture medium.
Received: 20 October 1997 / Received revision: 19 December 1997 / Accepted: 24 January 1998 |
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