Journal article
Organic carbon utilisation by the filamentous alga Tribonema
J Liu, ND Crosbie, PJ Scales, GJO Martin
Journal of Applied Phycology | SPRINGER | Published : 2024
Abstract
Filamentous algae have potential application to wastewater treatment, in particular for efficient recovery of nutrients into biomass. However, supplying inorganic carbon is a major limiting factor. The utilisation of organic carbon present in wastewater may reduce the constraints in carbon supply, however there is little knowledge of mixotrophic growth amongst filamentous algae. This study investigated the utilisation of organic carbon sources relevant to wastewater by the filamentous xanthophyte alga Tribonema. Algae growth was compared in the absence of organic carbon (autotrophic) and in presence of 0.2 g-C L-1 glucose, ethanol or acetate under mixotrophic (presence of organic carbon and ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful to Melbourne Water for providing financial support for this work and to the fee remission scholarship provided by The University of Melbourne School of Engineering to support J. Liu. The authors would like to acknowledge the help from Dr. David Hill in isolating the algae and the associated support from the Australian Research Council (ARC) through the Discovery Projects Grant Scheme (DP200101230), and the use of Australian Genomic Research Facility (AGRF) in genetic identification. The authors would like to acknowledge the help from Ms. Sulochana Pitawala in development of the experimental apparatus and setting up of the experiments.