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Response of Microalgae Growth and Cell Characteristics to Various Temperatures

https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2014.17529
Jiang Yu
College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, P.R. China ;Institute of New Energy and Low Carbon Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, P.R. China
Ci Wang
College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, P.R. China ;Institute of New Energy and Low Carbon Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, P.R. China
Ziyi Su
College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, P.R. China ;Institute of New Energy and Low Carbon Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, P.R. China
Ping Xiong
Chengdu Technological University, Chengdu 610031, P.R. China
Juanquan Liu
Chengdu Technological University, Chengdu 610031, P.R. China

Corresponding Author(s) : Jiang Yu

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Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 26 No. 11 (2014): Vol 26 Issue 11

Abstract

Microalgae are considered to be a promising alternative feedstock for next generation biofuels because of their rapid photosynthetic growth rates and less impact on land-use. In this study, we employed a series of laboratory microcosm experiments to explore effects of temperature on growth and cell characteristics of 12 species. The research results indicted a wide range of responses of population demographic rates and physiology of phytoplankton cells to temperature. Chlorophyta could grow at a wide range of temperature from 15 to 35 ºC, with the optimum temperature of 20 to 30 ºC, mainly around 25 ºC; whereas cyanobacteria had a higher tolerance to high temperature than chlorophyta, the optimum temperature for growth was between 30 and 35 ºC. At the optimum temperature, most species (mainly large-sized green algae) generally showed grow rapidly with slightly high lipid and chlorophyll a contents in algal cell, whereas chlorophyll a content in algal cell was not completely determined by algal size and volume. In conclusion the study identifies key tradeoffs among functional traits to determine the suitability of diverse algal species as biofuel feedstock, further to provide scientific basis on screening successfully the potential candidate species for use in bio-oil production under temperature stress.

Keywords

Microalgae Temperature Biofuel Cell characteristics Cyanobacteria Chlorophyta
Yu, J., Wang, C., Su, Z., Xiong, P., & Liu, J. (2014). Response of Microalgae Growth and Cell Characteristics to Various Temperatures. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 26(11), 3366–3370. https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2014.17529
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