Growth of Spirulina maxima in Different Physical Conditions
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences (IOSR-JPBS) - Year 2017, Vol 12, Issue 3
Abstract
We designed in this experiment to compare the growth characteristics of Spirulina maxima, which was cultivated in different culture vessels under greenhouse condition. Three types of culture vessels, i.e. transparent jar, polyethylene bags and water tank (greenhouse), were used in the experiment. In comparison to the others, the jar culture supported higher cell densities due to its higher culture temperature. The dry weight amount in jar cultures was 0.91 g/L at the end of the experiment, while it was 0.41 g/L in the others. Growth rates were found to be 0.30, 0.20 and 0.19 day-1 in the jar, bag and water tank cultures, respectively. The protein levels measured at the end of the experiment were 30.2, 50.3 and 56.4 % for the jar, bag and water tank cultures, respectively. We concluded that the use of small volume cultures would increase the temperature faster, which is the main factor hindering the growth.
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Gaurav Singhal, Sumit Kumar2
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