Open AccessEvaluation of Microalgae Culture in PA and Commercial Urea Media
Author(s) -
Pablo Augusto Gulhões,
Alexia Ananda Santana Simões,
Jársia de Melo dos Santos,
Edna dos Santos Almeida
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of bioengineering and technology applied to health/journal of bioengineering and technology apllied for health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2674-8568
pISSN - 2595-2137
DOI - 10.34178/jbth.v4i3.169
Subject(s) - urea , biomass (ecology) , chlorella , chemistry , food science , reagent , pulp and paper industry , production cost , environmental science , microbiology and biotechnology , botany , algae , biology , biochemistry , organic chemistry , agronomy , engineering , mechanical engineering
This work aimed to evaluate the growth and cost cultivation of Chlorella sp microalgae in PA and commercial urea medium solutions compared to BBM standard medium. We cultivated the microalgae Chlorella sp in BBM, PA urea, and commercial urea media, evaluating their growth for 8 days. In addition, we appraised the cost of the culture media considering the quotation of the reagents and the mass used for pilot-scale cultivation (100l). It was possible to observe the similar growth of microalgae with urea PA and BBM. The use of urea PA as a culture media for microalgae has the potential to reduce the cost of the medium by 68%. Thus, the cultivation of Chlorella in urea medium represents an alternative to reduce the production costs of biomass from this microorganism.