EFFECT OF DILUTION RATE ON EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID PRODUCTIVITY OF PHAEODACTYLUM-TRICORNUTUM UTEX-640 IN OUTDOOR CHEMOSTAT CULTURE

Authors
GRIMA EM PEREZ JAS CAMACHO FG FERNANDEZ FGA SEVILLA JMF SANZ FV
Citation
Em. Grima et al., EFFECT OF DILUTION RATE ON EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID PRODUCTIVITY OF PHAEODACTYLUM-TRICORNUTUM UTEX-640 IN OUTDOOR CHEMOSTAT CULTURE, Biotechnology letters, 16(10), 1994, pp. 1035-1040
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Biotechnology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01415492
Volume
16
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1035 - 1040
Database
ISI
SICI code
0141-5492(1994)16:10<1035:EODROE>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) volumetric productivity from an outdoor ch emostat culture of Phaeodactylum tricornutum UTEX 640 in a 50-l tubula r photobioreactor varies with dilution rate, reaching a maximum of 47. 8 mg l(-1) d(-1) at D = 0.36 d(-1). Continuous culture at high dilutio n rates' is proposed as the most adequate operating mode to maximize p olyunsaturated fatty acid production.