GROWTH-CHARACTERISTICS OF SPIRULINA-PLATENSIS IN MIXOTROPHIC AND HETEROTROPHIC CONDITIONS

Authors
MARQUEZ FJ SASAKI K KAKIZONO T NISHIO N NAGAI S
Citation
Fj. Marquez et al., GROWTH-CHARACTERISTICS OF SPIRULINA-PLATENSIS IN MIXOTROPHIC AND HETEROTROPHIC CONDITIONS, Journal of fermentation and bioengineering, 76(5), 1993, pp. 408-410
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science & Tenology","Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Journal of fermentation and bioengineering → ACNP
ISSN journal
0922338X
Volume
76
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
408 - 410
Database
ISI
SICI code
0922-338X(1993)76:5<408:GOSIMA>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Spirulina platensis was able to grow on glucose heterotrophically in a erobic-dark conditions as well as mixotrophycally in the light. The ce ll concentration of the mixotrophic cultures corresponded well to the sum of the autotrophic and heterotrophic cell concentrations. These re sults suggested that autotrophic (photosynthesis) and heterotrophic (o xidative metabolism of glucose) growth functioned independently in mix otrophic growth on glucose.