Kinetic model for growth of Phaeodactylum tricornutum in intensive culture photobioreactor

Effect of the temperature, pH and irradiance on the photosynthetic activity by Scenedesmus obtusiusculus under nitrogen replete and deplete conditions

“…This behavior above the optimum temperature (35°C) has been reported for other strains as Astorionella formosa (Butterwick et al, 2005), S. almeriensis (Costache et al, 2013) and Phaedolactylum tricornutum (Bitaubé et al, 2008) and some studies attribute the decrease on PA to the energy imbalance between ATP demand and ATP production or to the deactivation or denaturation of photosystem II (PSII) core proteins (Raven and Geider, 1988).…”

“…The effect of irradiance, temperature and pH on the photosynthetic activity has been well established under N-replete growth conditions (Costache et al, 2013;Brindley et al, 2010;Bitaubé et al, 2008), but little information is known about the effect of environmental variables on the photosynthetic oxygen activity under N-deplete conditions, and this condition is commonly used to trigger lipid accumulation. Furthermore, few results are also available about the effect of the irradiance on the photosynthetic activity under lipid accumulation induced by nitrogen limitation (Kolber et al, 1988).…”

Fatty Acid and Lipid Class Composition of the Microalga <i>Phaeodactylum tricorn</i><i>utum</i>

“…tricornutum, a photosynthetic microalga, is a unicellular marine diatom that shows a high growth rate under optimal conditions 16 . The species is considered an important potential source of EPA and therefore has important commercial applications 17 .…”

The state of global scientific literature on chlorophyll-A

“…The Chl-a pigment captures photons (pigment-antenna), and is present in all living things that perform oxygenic photosynthesis (BJORN et al, 2009). Quantification of Chl-a has been used as a tool in various fields of knowledge, including bioenergy (SKJANES et al, 2007), biotechnology (KOZIOL et al, 2007), botany (THOMAS et al, 2001), ecotoxicology (PEREZ et al, 2008;SUBASHCHANDRABOSE et al, 2011;RIANO et al, 2012), marine ecology (HAWES et al, 2012;THOMAS et al, 2001), limnology (WETZEL, 2001;HUO et al, 2012), remote sensing (NOVOA et al, 2011;GURLIN et al, 2011) and agriculture (KRAUSE et al, 2010;ZHANG et al, 2010;FERNANDEZ-JARAMILLO et al, 2012).…”