Assessment of Growth Yield of a Blue--green Alga, Spirulina platensis, in Axenic and Continuous Culture
Open Access
- 1 September 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Microbiology Society in Journal of General Microbiology
- Vol. 102 (1) , 179-182
- https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-102-1-179
Abstract
Summary: An axenic and continuous culture of a blue—green alga, Spirulina platensis, was established in a Roux bottle. The opalescent plate method was used to measure the light energy absorbed by the cells and to assess the cell growth yield, Ykcal i.e. the amount of dry algal cells harvested per kcal light energy absorbed. Values of Ykcal calculated ranged from 0.01 to 0.02 g cell kcal−1.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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