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This study proposes a two-stage mixotrophic process for cultivating  Chlorella vulgaris . Heterotrophic growth is the dominant step in Phase I (to increase microalgal biomass) and photoautotrophic growth occurs in Phase II (to improve biomass concentration and lipid production). The results show that the addition of the low-cost antioxidant sodium erythorbate (8 g L −1 ) significantly accelerates the growth of microalgae in the first stage with air aeration. Furthermore, a higher CO 2  fixation rate was obtained in the second stage (at least 344.32 mg CO 2  L −1  day −1 ) with 10% CO 2  aeration. This approximately corresponds to an increase of 177% over simple photoautotrophic cultivation with 10% CO 2  aeration during the whole period. The two-stage cultivation strategy achieved a maximum  C. vulgaris  biomass concentration of 3.45 g L −1  and lipid productivity of 43.70 mg L −1  day −1 , which are 1.85 and 1.64 times those arising due to simple photoautotrophy, respectively. Moreover, an analysis of the product’s fatty acid profile indicates that  C. vulgaris  might be an ideal candidate for two-stage mixotrophic cultivation of a renewable biomass for use in biodiesel applications. Another interesting point to note from the study is that it is an insufficiency of N and CO 2  that probably limits the further growth of  C. vulgaris .

Two-stage mixotrophic cultivation for enhancing the biomass and lipid productivity of Chlorella vulgaris