EFFICIENCY OF GROWTH AND NUTRIENT UPTAKE FROM WASTEWATER BY HETEROTROPHIC, AUTOTROPHIC, AND MIXOTROPHIC CULTIVATION OF CHLORELLA VULGARIS IMMOBILIZED WITH AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE1

• Published in: Journal of phycology Vol. 46; no. 4; pp. 800 - 812
• Main Authors: Perez‐Garcia, Octavio, De‐Bashan, Luz E., Hernandez, Juan‐Pablo, Bashan, Yoav
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2010
• Subjects: autotrophic growth; Azospirillum; Azospirillum brasilense; Chlorella; Chlorella vulgaris; heterotrophic growth; immobilization; microalgae; mixotrophic growth; wastewater treatment

Heterotrophic growth of microalgae presents significant economic advantages over the more common autotrophic cultivation. The efficiency of growth and nitrogen, phosphorus, and glucose uptake from synthetic wastewater was compared under heterotrophic, autotrophic, and mixotrophic regimes of Chlorell...