Palm petiolar felt-sheath as a new and convenient material for the immobilization of microalgal cells
- 1 August 1997
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology
- Vol. 19 (2) , 139-141
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jim.2900444
Abstract
This communication reports the use of the petiolar felt-sheath of palm as a novel biomatrix for the immobilization of microalgal cells. Immobilized cells, as compared with free cells, were observed to have significantly higher biomass and polysaccharide production after 27 days of culture growth. Immobilized cells were successfully maintained through 12 successive batch cultures over 96 days. Extracellular polysaccharide production during this period ranged from 382 to 440 mg L−1. The new immobilization material is cheap, stable and easily available, and the procedure developed for entrapment of the microalga is simple, reliable and practical.Keywords
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