The Microalgal Cell

Incorporation ofChlorella vulgarisandSpirulina maximabiomass in pasta products. Part 1: Preparation and evaluation

“…This may be related to the chemical composition of the microalgae, since in Cyanophyta microalgae species such as Spirulina the main storage product is glycogen, while in the Chlorophyta family the storage product is starch, composed of amylose and amylopectin. 40 Considering that the optimal cooking time is the time necessary to obtain complete gelatinisation of starch, it is likely that the additional starch content, present in Cv pastas requires longer cooking times.…”

Earth Food Spirulina (Arthrospira): Production and Quality Standarts

“…Species of Spirulina have been isolated, for instance, from tropical waters to the North Sea, thermal springs, salt pans, warm waters from power plants, fish ponds, etc. Thus, the organism appears to be capable of adaptation to very different habitats and colonizes certain environments in which life for other microorganisms is, if not impossible, very difficult (Ciferri, 1983;Tomaselli, 2003).…”

Demonstration of a two-stage aerobic/anaerobic chemostat for the enhanced production of hydrogen and biomass from unicellular nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium

“…2A, the photoheterotrophic growth of batch culture shows the common growth cycle (similar to other microorganisms) [44] -experiencing the initial lag phase, before entering into exponential, stationary and eventual death phases. During lag phase of approximately 10 h, a minimal change in dry biomass concentration (X) of the culture was observed, as cells were adapting to the new environment.…”

“…Under such conditions, our chemostat-cultivated culture achieved a physiological steady state condition. growth behaviour to the batch microbial growth cycle [44], with exceptions of a significantly extended stationary phase as well as an unobserved death phase.…”