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Productivity and biochemical composition of Phaeodactylum tricornutum (Bacillariophyceae) cultures grown outdoors in tubular photobioreactors and open ponds

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    SYSNO ASEP0424551
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitleProductivity and biochemical composition of Phaeodactylum tricornutum (Bacillariophyceae) cultures grown outdoors in tubular photobioreactors and open ponds
    Author(s) Benavides, A. M. S. (CR)
    Torzillo, G. (IT)
    Kopecký, Jiří (MBU-M) ORCID
    Masojídek, Jiří (MBU-M) RID, ORCID
    Source TitleBiomass & Bioenergy. - : Elsevier - ISSN 0961-9534
    Roč. 54, JUL 2013 (2013), s. 115-122
    Number of pages8 s.
    Languageeng - English
    CountryGB - United Kingdom
    KeywordsLipid ; Open ponds ; Phaeodactylum tricornutum
    Subject RIVEE - Microbiology, Virology
    R&D ProjectsED2.1.00/03.0110 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
    Institutional supportMBU-M - RVO:61388971
    UT WOS000321595800013
    DOI10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.03.016
    AnnotationIn this study we compared the biomass productivity and the chemical composition of the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum grown outdoors at different biomass concentrations, in open ponds and photobioreactors (PBRs). Optimal biomass concentration of 0.6 gL(-1) and 1.0 g L-1 was found in open ponds and in PBRs, respectively. During summer the mean net areal biomass yield was 11.7 g m(-2) day(-1) and 13.1 g m(-2) day(-1) in open ponds and in PBRs, respectively. Night biomass loss was comparable (17.4% and 21.4% of the daylight productivity, in open ponds, and PBRs, respectively). Lipid content ranged between 25% and 27.5% of dry weight, and increased up to 34.7% of biomass grown in dense cultures (>0.6 g L-1 in ponds; >1.0 g L-1 in PBRs). In the evening they ranged between 21% and 31%, while a reduced amount was found in the morning between 14.5% and 24%. An induction of the diadino diatoxanthin cycle was observed in the cultures when they were grown at lower biomass concentrations, particularly in cultures grown in photobioreactors, indicating down-regulation of the photosynthetic apparatus due to high irradiance, which was confirmed by a sizeable reduction in the F-v/F-m ratio in the middle of day. It was found that the productivity of cultures was higher in photobioreactors compared to that in open ponds most likely as a result of a better light dark regime experienced by the cells in short light-path tubular PBRs, which may have allowed a more efficient use of light
    WorkplaceInstitute of Microbiology
    ContactEliška Spurná, eliska.spurna@biomed.cas.cz, Tel.: 241 062 231
    Year of Publishing2014
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