@article{10272/17998,
year = {2020},
month = {3},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10272/17998},
abstract = {The large-scale biomass production is an essential step in the biotechnological applications
of microalgae. Coccomyxa onubensis is an acidophilic microalga isolated from the highly acidic waters
of Río Tinto (province of Huelva, Spain) and has been shown to accumulate a high concentration
of lutein (9.7 mg g-1dw), a valuable antioxidant, when grown at laboratory-scale. A productivity
of 0.14 g L-1 d-1 was obtained by growing the microalga under outdoor conditions in an 800 L
tubular photobioreactor. The results show a stable biomass production for at least one month and
with a lutein content of 10 mg g-1dw, at pH values in the range 2.5–3.0 and temperature in the range
10–25 ºC. Culture density, temperature, and CO2 availability in highly acidic medium are rate-limiting
conditions for the microalgal growth. These aspects are discussed in this paper in order to improve
the outdoor culture conditions for competitive applications of C. onubensis.},
organization = {Authors want to thank the PhD-Grant (2015/7949) from CEIMAR (Marine International Campus of
Excellence, Spain) to Juan Luis Fuentes.},
publisher = {MDPI},
title = {Outdoor Large-Scale Cultivation of the Acidophilic Microalga Coccomyxa onubensis in a Vertical Close Photobioreactor for Lutein Production},
doi = {10.3390/pr8030324},
author = {Fuentes Cordero, Juan Luis and Montero Lobato, Zaida and Cuaresma Franco, María and Ruiz Domínguez, María del Carmen and Mogedas Romero, Benito and Garbayo Nores, Inés and González del Valle, Manuel and Vílchez Lobato, Carlos and Ruiz Domínguez, María del Carmen},
}