Study of environment conditions of Arthrospira (Spirulina) platensis culture in tubular photobioreactor using fed-batch process with urea as nitrogen source / Estudo das condições ambientais no cultivo de Arthrospira (Spirulina) platensis em fotobiorreator tubular por processo descontínuo alimentado com uréia como fonte de nitrogênio

AUTOR(ES)

Ana Lucia Morocho Jacome

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2010

RESUMO

The cyanobacterium Arthrospira (Spirulina) platensis, ones of the most studied and cultivated photosynthetic microorganisms in the planet, has a unique biomass composition that includes: high protein content, polyunsaturated fat acids, natural pigments and other substances of interest in food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. Recent studies demonstrate that due to its biomass composition, it has being studied for biocomponents extraction and bio-fuels production. The use of low cost nitrogen sources, such as urea, can contribute to the viability of this microorganism production. A. platensis was cultivated in 3.5-liters closed tubular photobioreactors, under luminous intensity of 120 µmol fótons.m-2.s-1, using fed-batch cultivation process with urea as nitrogen source, added intermittently. The utilized experimental design was one of a factorial model 22, increased of the central points and star configuration, which allowed evaluating the effect of the independent variables, such as temperature (T) and urea daily molar flow-rate (K). The results were evaluated with response surface methodology (RSM) that allowed verifying, through the simultaneous optimization of the independent variables, an optimum condition of T = 32 °C and K = 1.16 mM.dia-1 for the growth of A. platensis during 8 days of culture, obtaining maximum cellular concentration of 4186 ± 39 mg.L-1, cellular productivity of 757 ± 8 mg.L-1.d-1 and nitrogen-to-cells factor of 14.3 ± 0.1 mg.mg-1. The Xm values obtained experimentally corresponds to 0.4 % less than the maximum values estimated by the mathematical model. The biomass lipid content was not influenced by the experimental conditions adopted in this work, being the obtained values within the range mentioned in the literature for this microorganism (approximately 7 %). The biomass protein content was dependent of the temperature and urea molar flow-rate. For the latter parameter, values up to 0.717 mM.dia-1, the increase in temperature diminished biomass protein content. On the other hand, for higher urea molar flow-rate values (≥ 0,883 mM.dia-1), the increase of temperature leads to increase of biomass protein content. The highest value of biomass protein content obtained in this work was of 39.49 % (T = 33 ºC, K = 1.879 mM.dia-1).

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biotechnology molar flow-rate urea uréia vazão molar temperatura processo descontínuo alimentado arthrospira (spirulina) platensis arthrospira (spirulina) platensis biotecnologia fed-batch process temperature

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