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Kitaya, Y. et al.

Kitaya, Kibe, Oguchi, Tanaka, Miyatake, Nakano,

Effects of CO2 and O2 concentrations and light intensity on growth of microalgae (Euglena gracilis) in CELSS.

Green microalgae are likely to play an important role in bioregenerative systems for producing food and converting CO2 to O2 in a controlled ecological life support system (CELSS). In the present study, a method for evaluating the effects of environmental variables on the multiplication rate of microalgal cells was developed to determine the optimum culture condition for a microalgal culture system that can function effectively in the CELSS. The microalga, Euglena gracilis, was cultured in water droplets (3 microliters in liquid volume each) in a vessel (25 ml in air volume) in which the CO2 and O2 concentrations were controlled. The number of Euglena cells cultured at CO2 concentrations ranging from 2% to 6%, O2 concentrations ranging from 5% to 20%, and PPF levels ranging from 50 to 100 micromoles m-2 s-1 was monitored by using a video camera and a microscope. The multiplication rate of cells was highest and the cell number increased by 8.3 times during 48 h under a condition of 4% CO2, 21% O2 and 100 micromoles m-2 s-1 PPF. The multiplication rate of the cells was highest at 4% CO2, followed by 6% and 2% CO2, and it decreased with decreasing O2 concentration and decreasing PPF.[1]

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Effects of CO2 and O2 concentrations and light intensity on growth of microalgae (Euglena gracilis) in CELSS. Kitaya, Y., Kibe, S., Oguchi, M., Tanaka, H., Miyatake, K., Nakano, Y. Life support & biosphere science : international journal of earth space. (1998) [Pubmed]

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