title: Carbon dioxide fixation by Chlorella kessleri, C. vulgaris, Scenedesmus obliquus and Spirulina sp. cultivated in flasks and vertical tubular photobioreactors.
abstract: CO(2) at different concentrations were added to cultures of the eukaryotic microalgae, Chlorella kessleri, C. vulgaris and Scenedesmus obliquus, and the prokaryotic cyanobacterium, Spirulina sp., growing in flasks and in a photobioreactor. In each case, the best kinetics and carbon fixation rate were with a vertical tubular photobioreactor. Overall, Spirulina sp. had the highest rates. Spirulina sp., Sc. obliquus and C. vulgaris could grow with up to 18% CO(2).
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Federal University Foundation of Rio Grande, P.O. Box 474, Rio Grande, RS, 96201-900, Brazil.
authors.forename: Michele Greque
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: de Morais
authors.forename: Jorge Alberto Vieira
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Costa
mesh_terms: D019149:Bioreactors / Q000382:microbiology*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D002708:Chlorella / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008027:Light; D018462:Photobiology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010788:Photosynthesis / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects; D044444:Scenedesmus / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects; D053545:Spirulina / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide