Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 24, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms24010077
Keywords
Chlamydomonas; synthetic wastewater; light color; light intensity; nitrate; nitrate reductase
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In this study, Chlamydomonas sp. MACC-216 was used to investigate the removal of nitrate in TAP medium under different light conditions. It was found that both light color and intensity affected the efficiency of nitrate removal. Specifically, the blue + red light combination showed the highest nitrate removal efficiency and nitrate reductase activity in synthetic wastewater. These results suggest that the blue + red light combination, together with high light intensity, is a promising light condition for nitrate removal.
In the present study, Chlamydomonas sp. MACC-216 was used to investigate total nitrate removal in TAP medium with sodium nitrate as the sole nitrogen source under several light conditions made up of permuted combinations of three light colors (referred to as blue, red, and white light) and three light intensities (50 mu mol m(-2) s(-1), 100 mu mol m(-2) s(-1), and 250 mu mol m(-2) s(-1)). It was observed that nitrate removal efficiency is influenced by light color as well as light intensity. Additionally, Chlamydomonas sp. MACC-216 was cultivated in synthetic wastewater under four light conditions, namely, Blue 250, Blue 125 + Red 125, Red 250, and White 250, where it showed the highest nitrate removal efficiency and nitrate reductase activity under the Blue 125 + Red 125 light condition. To observe the impact of light color on the nitrate removal capacity of Chlamydomonas sp. MACC-216, the expression of five genes participating in nitrate transport and reduction (NRT1, NRT2.1, NRT2.2, NIA, and MCP) was also analyzed; these genes showed the highest expression under the Blue 125 + Red 125 light condition. Based on the above-mentioned findings, the blue + red light combination emerged as a promising light combination for nitrate removal. Hence, our study suggests the importance of the blue + red light combination together with high light intensity, as the optimal light condition for nitrate removal from synthetic wastewater in comparison to other monochromatic lights with high light intensity.
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