High Biomass Production and Starch Accumulation in Native Green Algal Strains and Cyanobacterial Strains of Thailand

Authors

  • Somrak Rodjaroen Bioscience Program, Faculty of Sciences, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
  • Niran Juntawong Department of Botany, Faculty of Sciences, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
  • Aparat Mahakhant Microbiological Resources Centre (MIRCEN), Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (TISTR) Pathumthani 12120, Thailand.
  • Kazuhisa Miyamoto Microbiological Resources Centre (MIRCEN), Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (TISTR) Pathumthani 12120, Thailand.

Keywords:

biomass production, starch accumulation and microalgae

Abstract

Microalgae (including blue-green algae or cyanobacteria) have been actively studied regarding their potential to use as a future alternative renewable energy source due to the accumulation of starch in their biomass. The starch accumulated in microalgae can be hydrolyzed to organic acids by lactic acid bacteria prior to converting to hydrogen by photosynthetic bacteria through various pathways. The aims of the current study are to investigate the biomass production and starch accumulation in native strains of microalgal strains in Thailand. A total of 25 strains of microalgae comprising 14 strains of green algae and 11 strains of cyanobacteria were determined. Among these, a cyanobacteria strain, Nostoc sp. TISTR 8872 showed the best results in respect to biomass production of 0.26 g (DW)/l, while the highest starch accumulation was obtained from a cyanobacteria strain, N. muscurum TISTR 8871 of up to 32.97% starch. It is recommended that the time course of starch, protein and fatty acid accumulation
in Nostoc sp. TISTR 8872 and N. muscurum TISTR 8871 cultivated in various kinds of media and wastewater should be further investigated.

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Published

2007-09-30

How to Cite

Somrak Rodjaroen, Niran Juntawong, Aparat Mahakhant, and Kazuhisa Miyamoto. 2007. “High Biomass Production and Starch Accumulation in Native Green Algal Strains and Cyanobacterial Strains of Thailand”. Agriculture and Natural Resources 41 (3). Bangkok, Thailand:570-75. https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/anres/article/view/244282.

Issue

Vol. 41 No. 3 (2007): July-September

Section

Research Article

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online 2452-316X print 2468-1458/Copyright © 2022. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/),
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