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Lipid accumulation and CO2 utilization of two marine oil-rich microalgal strains in response to CO2 aeration

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Biological CO2 sequestration by microalgae is a promising and environmentally friendly technology applied to sequester CO2. The characteristics of neutral lipid accumulation by two marine oil-rich microalgal strains, namely, Isochrysis galbana and Nannochloropsis sp., through CO2 enrichment cultivation were investigated in this study. The optimum culture conditions of the two microalgal strains are 10% CO2 and f medium. The maximum biomass productivity, total lipid content, maximum lipid productivity, carbon content, and CO2 fixation ability of the two microalgal strains were obtained. The corresponding parameters of the two strains were as follows: ((142.42±4.58) g/(m2·d), (149.92±1.80) g/(m2·d)), ((39.95±0.77)%, (37.91±0.58)%), ((84.47±1.56) g/(m2·d), (89.90±1.98) g/(m2·d)), ((45.98±1.75)%, (46.88±2.01)%), and ((33.74±1.65) g/(m2·d), (34.08±1.32) g/(m2·d)). Results indicated that the two marine microalgal strains with high CO2 fixation ability are potential strains for marine biodiesel development coupled with CO2 emission reduction.

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  1. Key Laboratory for Marine Bioactive Substances and Modern Analytical Technology, the First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Qingdao, 266061, China

    Shuai Wang, Li Zheng, Baijuan Yang, Jingxi Li & Chengjun Sun

  2. Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266071, China

    Li Zheng

  3. Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China

    Xiaotian Han

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Foundation item: The Basic Scientific Fund for National Public Research Institutes of China under contract Nos 2017Q09 and 2016Q02; the National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No. 41776176; the National Key Research and Development Program of China under contract No. 2017YFC1404604; the Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation under contract No. ZR2015PD003; the 2012 Taishan Scholar.

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Wang, S., Zheng, L., Han, X. et al. Lipid accumulation and CO2 utilization of two marine oil-rich microalgal strains in response to CO2 aeration. Acta Oceanol. Sin. 37, 119–126 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-018-1171-y

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