Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Science and Technology, Nilai University, No. 1, Persiaran Universiti, 71800 Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Electronic address: willyyee@nilai.edu.my
Bioresour Technol, 2015 Nov;196:1-8.
PMID: 26210717 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.07.033

Abstract

In order to assess the feasibility of various carbon sources and plant materials in increasing the growth rate and biomass productivity of Monoraphidium griffithii, ten carbon sources as well as six plant materials were tested in mixotrophic cultures with or without aeration. It was found that glucose, fructose, maltose, sodium acetate and mannitol were potential carbon sources for growth enhancement of M. griffithii. Supplementation of culture medium with these carbon sources resulted in approximately 1-4-fold increase in cell density compared to control in a small scale culture. In a larger scale mixotrophic culture with aeration, 0.05% mannitol and 0.1% fructose resulted in a decent 1-1.5-fold increase in final cell density, approximately 2-fold increase in growth rate and 0.5-1-fold increase in dry biomass weight. Findings from this study suggests that glucose, fructose, maltose and mannitol were potential organic carbon sources for mixotrophic culture of M. griffithii.

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