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- Title
Biomass, lipid content, and fatty acid composition of freshwater Chlamydomonas mexicana and Scenedesmus obliquus grown under salt stress.
- Authors
Salama, El-Sayed; Kim, Hyun-Chul; Abou-Shanab, Reda; Ji, Min-Kyu; Oh, You-Kwan; Kim, Seong-Heon; Jeon, Byong-Hun
- Abstract
Two freshwater microalgae including Chlamydomonas mexicana and Scenedesmus obliquus were grown on Bold Basal Medium (BBM) with different levels of salinity up to 100 mM NaCl. The dry biomass and lipid content of microalgae were improved as the concentration of NaCl increased from 0 to 25 mM. Highest dry weight (0.8 and 0.65 g/L) and lipid content (37 and 34 %) of C. mexicana and S. obliquus, respectively, were obtained in BBM amended with 25 mM NaCl. The fatty acid composition of the investigated species was also improved by the increased NaCl concentration. At 50 mM, NaCl palmitic acid (35 %) and linoleic acid (41 %) were the dominant fatty acids in C. mexicana, while oleic acid (41 %) and α-linolenic acid (20 %) were the major fractions found in S. obliquus.
- Subjects
BIOMASS; MICROALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; SCENEDESMUS obliquus; FRESHWATER algae; FATTY acids
- Publication
Bioprocess & Biosystems Engineering, 2013, Vol 36, Issue 6, p827
- ISSN
1615-7591
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00449-013-0919-1