Open AccessSelection and Cultivation of Microalgae for CO2 Biofixation
Author(s) -
Widayat Widayat,
M. Suzery,
H. Satriadi,
Wahyudi,
J. Philia
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1053/1/012132
Subject(s) - carbon dioxide , carbon fixation , greenhouse gas , environmental science , photosynthesis , carbon sequestration , greenhouse gas removal , pulp and paper industry , biology , ecology , botany , engineering
Climate change has become the main focus of the world which caused various negative impacts throughout the earth. Carbon dioxide is one of the greenhouse gases that effect on climate change and environmental pollution. One of the promising opportunities to reduce CO 2 emissions in the atmosphere is bio fixation by microalgae. Many species of microalgae have the ability to capture carbon dioxide as its carbon source for the photosynthetic process. This research aimed to cultivate many species of microalgae in the carbon dioxide incubator and study its CO 2 bio-fixation capability. Microscopic analysis was occurred to identify microalgae morphology. The optical density measured representing growth rate of microalgae. Tetraselmis sp . and Navicula sp. are suitable for CO 2 biofixaton due to the good adaptation to the existence of CO 2 in the medium.