Symbiotic photobioreactor using immobilized microalgae-yeast consortium for saccharomyces cerevisiae and chlorella vulgaris biomass production

Authors

  • Tiet Minh Nhat Nguyen Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Viet Nam
  • Thuy Kim Anh Nguyen Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Viet Nam
  • Tran Khanh Linh Vu Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education, Viet Nam

Corressponding author's email:

linhvtk@hcmute.edu.vn

Keywords:

Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Chlorella vulgaris, biomass production, symbiotic culture, photobioreactor, photosynthetic aeration

Abstract

A photobioreactor for symbiotic growths of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Chlorella vulgaris was developed. In this photobioreactor, yeast cells were freely suspended in medium while microalgal cells were entrapped in alginate beads in the same medium for separate biomass production. The symbiotic relationship was demonstrated as reflected by the photoautotrophic growth of C. vulgaris using CO2 provided by S. cerevisiae and the biodegradation of 2000 mg/L glucose by S. cerevisiae utilizing photosynthetic O2 produced by C. vulgaris. Yeast biomass productivities were 67.75 mg/L-h, 74.70 mg/L-h and 68.53 mg/L-h in three successive 8-hour photo-aeration cycles, significantly higher than that obtained in non-aerated yeast culture. Microalgal cell concentration also increased 84% after 24 hours of cultivation in the symbiotic photobioreactor, significantly higher than those grown in the medium without external carbon source. Enhanced yeast biomass productivity was obtained in symbiotic medium supplemented with 4000 mg/L glucose. The highest yeast biomass productivity of 99.82 mg/L-h was obtained at an initial microalgal concentration of 110.52 mg/L.

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Published

26-02-2020

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[1]
. T. M. N. Nguyen, . T. K. A. Nguyen, and . T. K. L. Vu, “Symbiotic photobioreactor using immobilized microalgae-yeast consortium for saccharomyces cerevisiae and chlorella vulgaris biomass production”, JTE, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 17–29, Feb. 2020.