Chlorella sorokiniana UTEX 2805, a heat and intense, sunlight-tolerant microalga with potential for removing ammonium from wastewater

Growth comparison of microalgae in tubular photobioreactor and open pond for treating anaerobic digestion piggery effluent

“…Ammonium nitrogen is the dominant nitrogen species accounting for approximately 90% of total nitrogen in sand-filtered ADPE. Previous investigations have revealed that high concentration of ammonia is toxic to microalgae [20,44]. Furthermore, at pH > 8, ammonium is considered an inhibitory compound [28].…”

Screening high oleaginous Chlorella strains from different climate zones

“…They distribute all over the world including polar areas (Ahn et al, 2012;Hoek et al, 1995;Hu et al, 2008a), showing an extensive adaptability to changing temperatures (2-42°C) (Ahn et al, 2012;Hu et al, 2008a;Huss et al, 1999;Kessler, 1985), and the optimal growth temperature and the maximum lipid productivity are strain-specific. For example, Chlorella vulgaris tended to stop growing at temperature above 30°C (Kessler, 1985), while Chlorella sorokiniana exhibited a better growth with an increase of temperature from 28 to 42°C (de-Bashan et al, 2008). In addition, lipid content and fatty acid composition are influenced greatly by temperature (Converti et al, 2009;Li et al, 2013).…”

Joint Immobilization of Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria and Green Microalgae in Alginate Beads as an Experimental Model for Studying Plant-Bacterium Interactions

“…The procedures for culturing, immobilizing, and counting these microorganisms were described by de-Bashan et al (8,11). The growth promotion, ammonium assimilation, protein content, and activity of the enzyme glutamate dehydrogenase were measured as previously described (8,12,14,21). All experiments were done in triplicate, where an Erlenmeyer flask served as a replicate.…”