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Kinetics and bioenergetics of light‐limited photoautotrophic growth of Spirulina platensis
Author(s) -
Lee H. Y.,
Erickson L. E.,
Yang S. S.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
biotechnology and bioengineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.136
H-Index - 189
eISSN - 1097-0290
pISSN - 0006-3592
DOI - 10.1002/bit.260290705
Subject(s) - spirulina (dietary supplement) , bioenergetics , light intensity , growth rate , algae , photosynthesis , cyanobacteria , botany , biology , food science , chemistry , ecology , biochemistry , optics , physics , bacteria , geometry , mitochondrion , raw material , mathematics , genetics
Blue–green algae, Spirulina platensis , is cultivated under photoautotrophic growth conditions designed to have nearly uniform growth rate throughout the fermentor by illumination both sides of a rectangular vessel. The results show that growth rate and bioenergetic yield are a function of light intensity. Several kinetic models are considered to express the relationship between growth rate and light intensity.