Potential and Commercial Applications for Photosynthetic Prokaryotes

Kerby, Nigel W.; Rowell, P.

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“…Children with retarded growth also showed dramatic improvements • Diabetes: It showed regulatory effect on both high and low sugar level in the system • Spirulina as the main component, of skin care products, shampoos, dyes, masks, creams, and tonics is marketed internationally • Spirulina has been studied as an animal cell-growth stimulant [14] and in the treatment of residual waters using alginate [15]. Phycocyanin shows activity on vegetable cell cultures with production of secondary metabolites as anthocyanin [16].…”

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Nutritional and Therapeutic Evaluation of Spirulina Platensis

Kulkarni¹,

Chavan²

2020

Asian J Pharm Clin Res

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Objective: The present investigation was to isolate and produce Spirulina platensis on high scale for food pharmaceutical and aquaculture due to the presence of high protein content. Methods: Cultivation of Spirulina preparation of culture medium, inoculums build up, growth monitoring, harvesting, drying, procedure for protein estimation, sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), and DNA isolation of Spirulina platensis. Results: The study shows that protein content of S. platensis was found to be 62% protein profile was studied through SDS-PAGE, the bands were in the range of 35 kDa–44 kDa. S. platensis contain high molecular weight DNA. The bands was seen and visualize under the transilluminator it reveals that the alga S. platensis contain high molecular weight DNA. Conclusion: The production of Spirulina by simple pH determination method suggests economic production of alga by a simple process. The DNA isolation showing that these algae contain high molecular weight DNA. However, utilization of this biomass for varied end uses, such as food, feed, aquaculture, and pharmaceuticals.

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Nutritional and Therapeutic Evaluation of Spirulina Platensis

Kulkarni¹,

Chavan²

2020

Asian J Pharm Clin Res

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“…The study of N2-fixing organisms and their ecological limitations has become a subject of major interest, since nitrogen is a key limiting factor for agriculture, especially for growing rice in developing countries [7], while in developed countries intense chemical fertilization leads to serious pollution problems.…”

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Relationship between abundance of N2-fixing cyanobacteria and environmental features of Spanish rice fields

Quesada

Valiente

1996

Microb Ecol

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In order to estimate the potential utilization of N2-fixing (heterocystous) cyanobacteria as natural biofertilizers in the Valencian rice fields (Spain), the distribution and seasonal variation of these microorganisms in water and sediment samples were evaluated, and the relationships among cyanobacterial abundance and physical and chemical characteristics of soil and water were investigated. N2-fixing cyanobacteria were present in all the samples analyzed (25 sampling points sampled three times per year during two years). The relative cyanobacterial abundance in soil and water followed contrasting patterns, maximum presence in soil coincided with minimum abundance in water. Correlation analysis showed that cyanobacterial abundance in the two phases (water and sediment) was influenced more by water than by soil properties. Salinity, mineralization variables, and soluble reactive phosphate (SRP) correlated positively with heterocystous cyanobacteria presence. Furthermore, dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) and the ratio DIN:SRP correlated negatively with cyanobacterial abundance. However DIN: SRP ratio better described the cyanobacterial distribution, with a threshold effect: below the Redfield ratio value (7.2 in mass units) cyanobacterial abundance was clearly higher.

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Bioactive Chemicals in Microalgae

Skulberg¹

2003

Handbook of Microalgal Culture

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Potential and Commercial Applications for Photosynthetic Prokaryotes

Cited by 6 publications

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Nutritional and Therapeutic Evaluation of Spirulina Platensis

Nutritional and Therapeutic Evaluation of Spirulina Platensis

Relationship between abundance of N2-fixing cyanobacteria and environmental features of Spanish rice fields

Bioactive Chemicals in Microalgae

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