Abstract
Phototrophic and mixotrophic cultivation of C. vulgaris for ameliorating biomass yield, lipid content, neutral lipid content and fatty acid composition was investigated. Phototrophic cultivation of C. vulgaris produced 1.28 g/L dry cell weight and 15.3% lipid content on day 18 whereas in mixotrophic mode of cultivation, acetate at 0.4% has yielded higher dry cell weight of 2.7 g/L and 20.8% lipids compared to dextrose and bicarbonate. Central composite design (CCD) based optimization showed combined supplementation of 0.4% acetate + 0.6% dextrose has accumulated higher lipid content of 27% and 69% neutral lipid compared to acetate + bicarbonate, and dextrose + bicarbonate conditions. Further, fatty acid composition of acetate + dextrose supplemented cells possessed high levels of C16:0, C16:1 and C18:1, which makes mixotrophically cultivated C. vulgaris for pilot-scale production.
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