Marine Microalgae for Potential Lutein Production

Potential of sponges and microalgae for marine biotechnology.

Marine organisms can be used to produce several novel products that have applications in new medical technologies, in food and feed ingredients and as biofuels. In this paper two examples are described: the development of marine drugs from sponges and the use of microalgae to produce bulk chemicals and biofuels. Many sponges produce bioactive compounds with important potential applications as m...

STATISTICAL MEDIA OPTIMIZATION FOR LUTEIN PRODUCTION FROM MICROALGAE Auxenochlorella protothecoides SAG 211-7A

In this study, the heterotrophic production potential of the secondary carotenoid lutein by the green microalgae Auxenochlorella protothecoides SAG 211-7a was investigated. A sequential statistical technique was applied to optimize modified bold’s basal media (MBB) to enhance the lutein production from microalgae Auxenochlorella protothecoides SAG 211-7a. Taguchi orthogonal array method was app...

Potential Production of Biofuel from Microalgae Biomass Produced in Wastewater

Monster potential meets potential monster: pros and cons of deploying genetically modified microalgae for biofuels production.

Biofuels production from microalgae attracts much attention but remains an unproven technology. We explore routes to enhance production through modifications to a range of generic microalgal physiological characteristics. Our analysis shows that biofuels production may be enhanced ca fivefold through genetic modification (GM) of factors affecting growth rate, respiration, photoacclimation, phot...

Biomass production, antioxidant capacity and removal of nitrate and phosphate by marine microalgae Tetraselmis tetrathele cultivated in food wastewater

This study was conducted to investigate the cultivation of Tetraselmis tetrathele in food effluent and the effect of different concentrations of effluent on specific growth rate, biomass, chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, total carotenoids and comparing them with Conway medium. Meanwhile, in this experiment, the percentage of phosphate and nitrate removal from food effluent by T. tetrathelewas eval...