title: Influence of photoperiods on the growth rate and biomass productivity of green microalgae.
abstract: The effect of different photoperiods: 24 h illumination and a 12:12-h light/dark (12L:12D) cycle on the growth rate and biomass productivity was studied in five algal species: Neochloris conjuncta, Neochloris terrestris, Neochloris texensis, Botryococcus braunii and Scenedesmus obliquus. The green microalgae examined differ in the reproduction mode. Continuous illumination stimulated the growth of B. braunii and S. obliquus more effectively than the growth of the microalgal species from the genus Neochloris. However, under shorter duration of light of the same intensity (12L:12D cycle), the growth of all the three species of Neochloris was stimulated. Under continuous illumination, the specific growth rate in the first phase of B. braunii and S. obliquus cultures was higher than the growth rate of Neochloris, whereas under the 12L:12D cycle, the specific growth rate of all the three Neochloris species was generally higher than that in B. braunii and S. obliquus. As a result, the light regime influenced algal biomass productivity differently. The maximum biomass productivity was obtained in B. braunii and S. obliquus cultures carried out at continuous illumination. All the Neochloris species produced biomass more efficiently at the 12L:12D cycle, which was two-threefold higher than that of B. braunii and S. obliquus. The unicellular species of the green microalgae from the genus Neochloris, examined for the first time in this study, are promising prospective objects for algal biotechnology.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Doświadczalna 4, 20-290, Lublin, Poland, i.krzeminska@ipan.lublin.pl.
authors.forename: Izabela
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Krzemińska
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pawlik-Skowrońska
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trzcińska
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tys
mesh_terms: D018533:Biomass; D000460:Chlorophyta / Q000254:growth & development*; D017440:Photoperiod
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