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Chlorella vulgaris cultivation in airlift photobioreactor with transparent draft tube: effect of hydrodynamics, light and carbon dioxide on biochemical profile particularly w-6/w-3 fatty acid ratio.

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s13197-019-04118-5
 
Title Chlorella vulgaris cultivation in airlift photobioreactor with transparent draft tube: effect of hydrodynamics, light and carbon dioxide on biochemical profile particularly w-6/w-3 fatty acid ratio.
 
Creator Madhubalaji, C. K.
Sarat Chandra, T.
Chauhan, V. S.
Sarada, R.
Sandeep, N. Mudliar
 
Subject 01 Algae
04 Functional foods
 
Description Chlorella vulgaris is used for food and feed applications due to its nutraceutical, antioxidant and anticancer properties. An airlift photobioreactor comprising transparent draft tube was used for C. vulgaris cultivation. The effect of reactor parameters like hydrodynamics (0.3–1.5 vvm), light intensity (85–400 lmol m-2 s-1), photoperiod (12–24 h) and gas-phase carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration (5–15% v/v) were evaluated on microalgae and associated bacterial growth, biochemical profile; with special emphasis on x-3, x-6 fatty acids, and vitamin B12. The optimal growth of C. vulgaris without CO2 supplementation was observed at 1.2 vvm, which was associated with higher algal productivity, chlorophyll, vitamin B12 content, and bacterial load along with 72% of nitrate removal. The higher light intensity (400 lmol m-2 s-1) and photoperiod (24:0) increased biomass productivity and x-3 fatty acid content (in lipid) up to 2–3 fold. The elevated levels of gas-phase CO2 concentration (15% v/v) enhanced EPA content up to 7% and biomass productivity up to 171 mg L-1 day-1. However, the increase in CO2 concentration lowered vitamin B12 content (up to 30%) and bacterial load (2–3 log). Also, all the cultivation conditions favoured desirable x-6/x-3 ratio(in the range of 1–2).
 
Date 2020
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://ir.cftri.com/14222/1/J%20Food%20Sci%20Technol%202019_1.pdf
Madhubalaji, C. K. and Sarat Chandra, T. and Chauhan, V. S. and Sarada, R. and Sandeep, N. Mudliar (2020) Chlorella vulgaris cultivation in airlift photobioreactor with transparent draft tube: effect of hydrodynamics, light and carbon dioxide on biochemical profile particularly w-6/w-3 fatty acid ratio. Journal of Food Science and Technology, 57 (3). pp. 866-876. ISSN 0022-1155