The oxygen consumption of a starved chlorophyll-free, yellow mutant of Chlorella vulgaris is enhanced by very small amounts of blue light (lambda 450 mmu); a saturation level is reached at about 500 ergs cm(-2) sec(-1). At that intensity the respiration is about 3 times greater than in the dark. An action spectrum for the enhancement of respiration shows 2 peaks around lambda 450 and 375 mmu. F...

The toxic effects of ethyl cinnamate on the photosynthetic and physiological characteristics of Chlorella vulgaris were studied based on chlorophyll fluorescence and flow cytometry analysis. Parameters, including biomass, F(v)/F(m) (maximal photochemical efficiency of PSII), Ф(PSII) (actual photochemical efficiency of PSII in the light), FDA, and PI staining fluorescence, were measured. The res...

The objective of this work was to analyze the growth Scenedesmus acutus, Nannochloropsis oculata and Chlorella vulgaris at different temperatures (25, 30 38°C) in order identify changes lipid content, accumulation neutral lipids fatty acids profile. According results obtained, temperature 30°C does not affect microalgae S. N. C. vulgaris; however, there is a greater amount total acutus ...

The obtained data on the cultivation of chlorella in a nutrient medium containing macro and microelements based local raw materials practically corresponds terms efficiency to traditional Tamiya medium. Thus, innovative technology has been developed for obtaining an inexpensive, highly effective vitamin feed additive Chlorella vulgaris replace artificial vitamins fish feeding. resulting water-s...

Thermoluminescence is a simple technique very useful for studying electron transfer reactions on photosystem II (standard thermoluminescence) or the level of lipid peroxidation in membranes (high temperature thermoluminescence) in photosynthetic organisms. Both techniques were used to investigate the effects produced on Chlorella vulgaris cells by six compounds: the chemical intermediates bromo...

Pyrolysis of residues from the oil extraction process of two types of microalgae, Chlamydomonas (C. sp. JSC4) and Chlorella sorokiniana (C. Sorokiniana CY1) was studied by means of a thermogravimetric analyzer. Five pseudo-components (hemicellulose, cellulose, lignin, lipid and protein) model with n=1 or n#1 was assumed for a kinetic analysis of the collected pyrolysis data. The model with n#1 ...

Outdoor microalgae cultivation process is threatened by many issues, such as pest pollution and complex, changeable weather. Therefore, it is difficult to have identical growth rate for the microalgae cells and to keep their continuous growth. Outdoor cultivation requires the algae strains not only to have a strong ability to accumulate oil, but also to adapt to the complicated external environ...

2-Alkylthio-6-aminobenzothiazoles and their 6-N-substituted derivatives 3-(2-alkylthio-6-benzothiazolylaminomethyl)-2-benzothiazolineth iones and 3-(2-alkylthio-6-benzothiazolylaminomethyl)-6-bromo-2-benzothia zolinones inhibit photosynthetic processes in spinach chloroplasts and the chlorophyll production in Chlorella vulgaris. The inhibitory activity depends on the alkyl chain length of the t...

Biomass and lipid accumulation of heterotrophic microalgae Chlorella protothecoides by supplying mixed waste substrate of brewer fermentation and crude glycerol were investigated. The biomass concentrations of the old and the new C. protothecoides strains on day 6 reached 14.07 and 12.73 g/L, respectively, which were comparable to those in basal medium with supplement of glucose and yeast extra...

Biomass production by the green algae Scenedesmus obliquus and Chlorella vulgaris in intensive laboratory continuous cultures was considerably affected by the pH at which the cultures were maintained. Carbon photoassimilation experiments revealed that pH values in the range of 8 to 9 were important for determining the free CO(2) concentrations in the medium. With higher pH values, additional pH...