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WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY
卷 29, 期 5, 页码 915-922出版社
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DOI: 10.1007/s11274-012-1248-2
关键词
Biomass productivity; Fatty acid productivity; Microalgae; Biodiesel; Optimization
资金
- Egyptian Ministry of Higher education & Scientific Research (MHESR)
- Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) in a German Egyptian Research Long-Term Scholarship (GERLS) program
Nowadays, microalgae are discussed as a promising feedstock for biodiesel production. The present study examines the possibility of enhancement of fatty acid productivity of Scenedesmus obliquus by modifications of the culture medium composition. The effect of different concentrations of sodium bicarbonate, salinity, potassium nitrate, glycerol and sugarcane molasses on the enhancement of biomass and esterified fatty acids production was studied. NaHCO3 caused an increase in the biomass productivity at low concentrations (0.5 g L-1), while negatively affected fatty acid productivity at all tested concentrations. Increase of salinity enhanced both biomass and fatty acid productivity. The optimum NaCl concentration and sea water ratio were 0.94 g L-1 and 25 % which resulted in 56 and 39 % increase in fatty acid productivity, respectively. Nitrogen deficiency showed increase in fatty acid content by 54 % over control but fatty acid productivity was decreased as a result of growth inhibition. Nitrogen-free cultures and cultures treated with -50 % concentrations of KNO3 showed 96 and 42 % decrease in EFA productivity, respectively, as compared with the control. Addition of 0.05 and 0.1 M of glycerol increased the biomass productivity by 6 and 5 %, respectively but showed no significant effect on fatty acid productivity as a result of decrease in fatty acid content. Finally, usage of sugarcane molasses stimulated both biomass and fatty acid content. The increase in fatty acid productivity was 32, 65 and 73 % above the control level at 1, 3 and 5 g L-1 of sugarcane molasses, respectively.
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