TITLE:
Biomass Productivity and Fatty Acid Composition of Chlorella lobophora V M Andreyeva, a Potential Feed Stock for Biodiesel Production
AUTHORS:
Kookal Santhoshkumar, Santhakumaran Prasanthkumar, Joseph George Ray
KEYWORDS:
Algal-Oil, Biofuel, Chlorella lobophora, Biomass Production
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Plant Sciences,
Vol.6 No.15,
September
30,
2015
ABSTRACT: Green algae represent the fastest producible source of biomass that has diverse uses as biofuel,
food, feed-stocks and the like. The biomass is rich in oils, which can be used as biofuel and the
cultivation may be used to purify water as well. Productivity and quality of algal biomass depends
on species and strains as well as environmental conditions of growth. Therefore, identification
of new species and strains as well as standardization of media composition and environmental
conditions for optimum yield of specific products, especially oil has a high relevance in
algal technological research. In this connection, biomass productivity and oil yield of a local
strain of Chlorella lobophora in BBM and modified BBM media are compared. Chemical characterization
of the oil and feasibility of biodiesel production from the extracted oil is also assessed.
Biomass productivity and the lipid productivity of the alga in both the media are found to be
significantly different (P