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Outdoor cultivation of Dunaliella salina KU 11 using brine and saline lake water with raceway ponds in northeastern Thailand
Author(s) -
Wu Zhe,
Dejtisakdi Wipawee,
Kermanee Prasart,
Ma Chunhong,
Arirob Wallop,
Sathasivam Ramaraj,
Juntawong Niran
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
biotechnology and applied biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.468
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1470-8744
pISSN - 0885-4513
DOI - 10.1002/bab.1537
Subject(s) - dunaliella salina , brine , saline water , salinity , raceway , dunaliella , algae , biomass (ecology) , environmental science , saline , halotolerance , botany , biology , chemistry , agronomy , ecology , physics , organic chemistry , finite element method , endocrinology , thermodynamics
To evaluate the potential of algal biotechnology to replace traditional agriculture in northeastern Thailand, an open raceway cultivation system was developed to produce biomass and beta‐carotene. Dunaliella salina KU 11 isolated from local saline soil was cultured in open raceway tanks using brine and saline lake water. Grown in modified Johnson's medium (with 2–3.5 M NaCl), the algae reached a maximum cell density on the fourth day (1.8 × 10 6 cells mL −1 ). Increasing KNO 3 and NaHCO 3 from 0.5 and 0.043 g L −1 to 1 and 2.1 g L −1 , respectively, significantly improved the yields of biomass (0.33 g L −1 ) and beta‐carotene (19 mg L −1 ). Expected profits for algal production were evaluated, and it was found that this strain was suitable for outdoor cultivation and the developing algal industry in northeastern Thailand could produce high economic benefits (at least $64,120 per year per 0.16 ha).