Spirulina platensis growth in open raceway ponds using fresh water supplemented with carbon, nitrogen and metal ions

50Citations
Citations of this article
128Readers
Mendeley users who have this article in their library.

Abstract

To investigate the feasibility of using fresh water from Mangueira Lagoon (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) for biomass production in open raceway ponds (0.7 m long, 0.18 m wide, 0.075 m deep) we studied the influence of nutrient addition (carbon as sodium bicarbonate, nitrogen as urea, phosphate, sulfate, ferric iron, magnesium and potassium) on the growth rate of the cyanobacteria Spirulina platensis using a 22 factorial design. In unsupplemented lagoon water production of S. platensis was 0.78 ± 0.01 g/1 (dry weight basis) while the addition of 2.88 g/1 of sodium bicarbonate (without added urea, phosphate, sulfate or metal ions) resulted in 0.82 ± 0.01 g/1 after 400 hours of culture. The further addition of phosphate and metal ions resulted in growth for up to 750 h and a final S. platensis biomass of 1.23 ± 0.04 to 1.34 ± 0.03 g/1.

Author supplied keywords

References Powered by Scopus

Commercial production of microalgae: ponds, tanks, tubes and fermenters

979Citations
N/AReaders
Get full text

Phycocyanin from Spirulina sp: Influence of processing of biomass on phycocyanin yield, analysis of efficacy of extraction methods and stability studies on phycocyanin

382Citations
N/AReaders
Get full text

Antioxidant activity of different fractions of Spirulina platensis protean extract

362Citations
N/AReaders
Get full text

Cited by Powered by Scopus

Conversion of microalgae to biofuel

376Citations
N/AReaders
Get full text

Production of biomass and nutraceutical compounds by Spirulina platensis under different temperature and nitrogen regimes

271Citations
N/AReaders
Get full text

The role of biochemical engineering in the production of biofuels from microalgae

222Citations
N/AReaders
Get full text

Register to see more suggestions

Mendeley helps you to discover research relevant for your work.

Already have an account?

Cite

CITATION STYLE

APA

Costa, J. A. V., Colla, L. M., & Filho, P. D. (2003). Spirulina platensis growth in open raceway ponds using fresh water supplemented with carbon, nitrogen and metal ions. Zeitschrift Fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences, 58(1–2), 76–80. https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-2003-1-214

Readers over time

‘10‘11‘12‘13‘14‘15‘16‘17‘18‘19‘20‘21‘22‘23‘240481216

Readers' Seniority

Tooltip

PhD / Post grad / Masters / Doc 58

67%

Researcher 18

21%

Professor / Associate Prof. 7

8%

Lecturer / Post doc 3

3%

Readers' Discipline

Tooltip

Agricultural and Biological Sciences 45

55%

Environmental Science 16

20%

Engineering 12

15%

Chemical Engineering 9

11%

Save time finding and organizing research with Mendeley

Sign up for free
0