BioChem - DOS

Long-term dinoflagellate culture performance in a commercial photobioreactor: Amphidinium carterae case

Bioresource technology : biomass, bioenergy, biowastes, conversion technologies, biotransformations, production technologies

Fuentes-Grunewald, C.; Bayliss, C.; Fonlut, F.; Chapuli, E.

The aim of this work was to study the culture performance of a dinoflagellate in a commercial photobioreactor. The results obtained during this long-term experiment allow to confirm that Amphidinium carterae is a promising dinoflagellate that can be exploited successfully in closed systems, in semi-continuous mode in indoor and outdoor environments. The average results in an indoor 5cm light-path 320L photobioreactor were, in terms of specific growth rate (0.29d<SUP>-1</SUP>), duplication time (3.1d<SUP>-1</SUP>) and dry biomass productivity (78mgL<SUP>-1</SUP>d<SUP>-1</SUP>). Specific compounds production was found including &omega;3 and &omega;6 fatty acids and, pigments (Peridinin, &beta;-carotene). These promising results, besides unique characteristics found during the exploitation period such as resistance to mechanical stress, self-control of contaminant organisms, and quick cells aggregation when the culture is not in turbulence conditions, makes A. carterae one of the new target species suitable for commercially exploitation on an industrial scale.

2016

Elsevier Applied Science

0960-8524

218

pp.533-540

10.1016/j.biortech.2016.06.128

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https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa29534/Download/0029534-10082016153305.pdf

Amphidinium carterae; Dinoflagellates; Photobioreactor; Metabolites