Original paper
Extracellular polar organic substances in cultures of the green alga Scenedesmus
Kambourova, Roumena; Petkov, Georgi; Bankova, Vassya
Algological Studies/Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement Volumes No. 119 (2006), p. 155 - 162
published: Apr 1, 2006
DOI: 10.1127/1864-1318/2006/0119-0155
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Abstract
The organic excretion of non-sterile monoalgal cultures of Scenedesmus incrassatulus grown in fresh and Black Sea water were investigated using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Lactic acid predominated, oxalic, hydroxybutiric, succinic acids, and some organic phosphates were also found. Dehydroabietic, 2-hydroxy-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-propanoic, N,N-Dimethylglycine, N,N-dimethylisopropenylglycine were identified, they are new found substances in algae. Algal cultures at exponential growth phase, which was characterized with high density around 4 g.dm−3, excrete relatively less organic matter than the phytoplankton in natural ponds or starving algal cultures in model experiments.
Keywords
algae • n,n-dimethylglycine • extracellular • lactic acid • scenedesmus