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Screening of fourteen Baltic green algal strains provided basic data on their mass culture potential for the purpose of valuable biomass production with particular emphasis on lipid content. Selected microalgae were grown under non-stressed conditions in order to identify those characterized by efficient lipid production. The tested strains exhibited significant differences in growth patterns and lipid yields. Strains belonging to <italic>Chlorella</italic> and <italic>Stichococcus</italic> genera exhibited the highest growth rates, ranging from 0.39 d-1 to 0.50 d-1 and thus the highest final cell density (> 107 cells ml-1). Furthermore, five strains: <italic>C</italic>. <italic>minutissima</italic> BA-12, <italic>C</italic>. <italic>fusca</italic> BA-18, <italic>C</italic>. <italic>vulgaris</italic> BA-80, <italic>Monoraphidium</italic> sp. BA-165 and <italic>Chlorella</italic> sp. BA-167 were characterized by distinctively high lipid yield (> 60 mg l-1). The same strains, together with <italic>C</italic>. <italic>vulgaris</italic> BA-02, were also shown as those with the highest volumetric lipid productivity, reaching > 30 mg l-1 d-1. The tested Baltic strains performed well in terms of lipid production compared to the literature data, still leaving a great spectrum of opportunities for further lipid yield improvement.
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Screening of fourteen Baltic green algal strains provided basic data on their mass culture potential for the purpose of valuable biomass production with particular emphasis on lipid content. Selected microalgae were grown under non-stressed conditions in order to identify those characterized by efficient lipid production. The tested strains exhibited significant differences in growth patterns and lipid yields. Strains belonging to Chlorella and Stichococcus genera exhibited the highest growth rates, ranging from 0.39 d-1 to 0.50 d-1 and thus the highest final cell density (> 107 cells ml-1). Furthermore, five strains: C. minutissima BA-12, C. fusca BA-18, C. vulgaris BA-80, Monoraphidium sp. BA-165 and Chlorella sp. BA-167 were characterized by distinctively high lipid yield (> 60 mg l-1). The same strains, together with C. vulgaris BA-02, were also shown as those with the highest volumetric lipid productivity, reaching > 30 mg l-1 d-1. The tested Baltic strains performed well in terms of lipid production compared to the literature data, still leaving a great spectrum of opportunities for further lipid yield improvement.

Characteristics of the growth rate and lipid production in fourteen strains of Baltic green microalgae

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

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Screening of fourteen Baltic green algal strains provided basic data on their mass culture potential for the purpose of valuable biomass production with...

Characteristics of the growth rate and lipid production in fourteen strains of Baltic green microalgae

Article Category: Original research paper

Published Online: Mar 13, 2018

Page range: 10 - 18

Received: Jun 14, 2017

Accepted: Aug 01, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2018-0002

© 2018 Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Poland

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