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Do TT, Quach-Van TE, Nguyen TC, Show PL, Nguyen TML, Huynh DH, Tran DL, Melkonian M, Tran HD. Effect of LED Illumination Cycle and Carbon Sources on Biofilms of Haematococcus pluvialis in Pilot-Scale Angled Twin-Layer Porous Substrate Photobioreactors. Bioengineering (Basel) 2023; 10:bioengineering10050596. [PMID: 37237666 DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering10050596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Revised: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Light-emitting diodes are increasingly used as artificial light sources in Haematococcus pluvialis cultivation due to the fact of their energy advantages. The immobilized cultivation of H. pluvialis in pilot-scale angled twin-layer porous substrate photobioreactors (TL-PSBRs) was initially performed with a 14/10 h light/dark cycle and showed relatively low biomass growth and astaxanthin accumulation. In this study, the illumination time with red and blue LEDs at a light intensity of 120 µmol photons m-2 s-1 was increased to 16-24 h per day. With a light/dark cycle of 22/2 h, the biomass productivity of the algae was 7.5 g m-2 day-1, 2.4 times higher than in the 14/10 h cycle. The percentage of astaxanthin in the dry biomass was 2%, and the total amount of astaxanthin was 1.7 g m-2. Along with the increase in light duration, adding 10 or 20 mM NaHCO3 to the BG11-H culture medium over ten days of cultivation in angled TL-PSBRs did not increase the total amount of astaxanthin compared with only CO2 addition at a flow rate of 3.6 mg min-1 to the culture medium. Adding NaHCO3 with a 30-80 mM concentration inhibited algal growth and astaxanthin accumulation. However, adding 10-40 mM NaHCO3 caused algal cells to accumulate astaxanthin at a high percentage in dry weight after the first four days in TL-PSBRs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Thanh-Tri Do
- Faculty of Biology-Biotechnology, University of Science, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, 227 Nguyen Van Cu Street, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City 72711, Vietnam
- Faculty of Biology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, 280 An Duong Vuong Street, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City 72711, Vietnam
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- Faculty of Biology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, 280 An Duong Vuong Street, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City 72711, Vietnam
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- Faculty of Biotechnology, Nguyen-Tat-Thanh University, 298A-300A Nguyen-Tat-Thanh Street, District 4, Ho Chi Minh City 72812, Vietnam
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 127788, United Arab Emirates
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- Faculty of Business Administration, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Akademiestraße 6, 09599 Freiberg, Germany
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- Can Gio Protection Forest Management Board, 1541 Rung Sat Street, An Thoi Dong Commune, Can Gio District, Ho Chi Minh City 73311, Vietnam
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- Department of Supervisor Inspector, Van Lang University, Nguyen Khac Nhu Street, Co Giang Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City 71013, Vietnam
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- Department of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Integrative Bioinformatics, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany
- Central Collection of Algal Cultures (CCAC), Faculty of Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45117 Essen, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology and Environment, Ho Chi Minh City University of Food Industry, 140 Le Trong Tan Street, Tay Thanh Ward, Tan Phu District, Ho Chi Minh City 72009, Vietnam
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