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dc.contributor.author | Mutanda, Taurai | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ranjith Kumar, R. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Bux, Faizal | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-14T06:05:47Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-03-14T06:05:47Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Mutanda, T, Ranjith, R.K. and Bux, F. 2014. Physico-chemical and biotic factors influencing microalgal seed culture propagation for inoculation of a large scale raceway pond. African Journal of Biotechnology. 13(31): 3607-3616. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1684-5315 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10321/2385 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The growth of Chlorella vulgaris in open pond aquatic conditions poses serious challenges due to the interplay of both physico-chemical and biotic factors. We report here the monitoring of physico-chemical and biotic parameters affecting the propagation of C. vulgaris seed culture for inoculation of a large scale raceway pond (300 000 L capacity) in South Africa. The C. vulgarisstrain used for this purpose was isolated from a wastewater maturation pond and characterized for its potential for biomass and lipid production. The isolate was grown aseptically in 4 × 25 L aspirator bottles in BG-11 medium under ambient laboratory conditions and the culture was supplied with filtered air and exposed to 200 µmol photons per m2 per second using Gro-Lux agricultural fluorescent lights. The culture was transferred to a 500 L capacity portable pool under open conditions. This pond was used to further inoculate 3 more portable ponds. Physico-chemical and biotic growth parameters were monitored on a daily basis in the three ponds. The over reliance on fossil fuels will have a major impact on power supply in the near future if renewable sources of energy are not developed at a fast pace. The developed inoculum was subsequently used to inoculate an open raceway pond for large scale biomass production for biodiesel production. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 10 p | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | African Journals Online | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | African journal of biotechnology | - |
dc.subject | Biodiesel | en_US |
dc.subject | Biomass | en_US |
dc.subject | Inoculum | en_US |
dc.subject | Lipid | en_US |
dc.subject | Raceway pond | en_US |
dc.subject | Seed culture | en_US |
dc.title | Physico-chemical and biotic factors influencing microalgal seed culture propagation for inoculation of a large scale raceway pond | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.publisher.uri | http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajb/article/view/122408 | en_US |
dc.dut-rims.pubnum | DUT-004918 | en_US |
local.sdg | SDG06 | - |
local.sdg | SDG07 | - |
item.openairetype | Article | - |
item.openairecristype | http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_18cf | - |
item.grantfulltext | open | - |
item.cerifentitytype | Publications | - |
item.languageiso639-1 | en | - |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
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