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Optimisation of the critical medium components for better growth of Picochlorum sp. and the role of stressful environments for higher lipid production
- Source :
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 94:1628-1638
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2013.
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Abstract
- showed that the main fatty acids were palmitic acid (29%), linolenic acid (26.5%), linoleic acid (23.5%), hexadecatrienoic acid (11%) and hexadecadienoic acid (8.5%). As it is known that culture conditions greatly influence the composition of microalgae, the experiments were designed to optimise the composition of the medium in order to increase Picochlorum sp. growth from OD680nm = 0.53 to OD680nm = 2.2 and lipid accumulation from 163gkg −1 to 190gkg −1 . The highest lipid contents of 570 and 585gkg −1 were achieved under phosphate starvation and sodium carbonate supplementation, respectively. Under these conditions, the fatty acid profile is dominated by mono-unsaturated and polyunsaturated acids, and is therefore suitable for aqua-culture feeding. However, under high salinity, growth and lipid synthesis are inhibited, and the fatty acids are saturate, and the product is therefore suitable for biodiesel. CONCLUSION:Thishighlipidcontentrichinessentialfattyacids,omega-6andomega-3,endorsesthiswildstrainofPicochlorum sp. as a promising feedstock for aqua-culture and human nutrition or for the production of biodiesel. c � 2013 Society of Chemical Industry
- Subjects :
- chemistry.chemical_classification
Nutrition and Dietetics
biology
Linolenic acid
Linoleic acid
Fatty acid
Lipid metabolism
biology.organism_classification
Hexadecatrienoic Acid
Palmitic acid
chemistry.chemical_compound
Human nutrition
chemistry
Biochemistry
Food science
Picochlorum
Agronomy and Crop Science
Food Science
Biotechnology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00225142
- Volume :
- 94
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........8f4d291af0a1a7ebb8e3a2cc63e135fe