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Cultivation of Nannochloropsis for eicosapentaenoic acid production in wastewaters of pulp and paper industry




TekijätAnna Polishchuk, Dimitar Valev, Marko Tarvainen, Sujata Mishra, Viljami Kinnunen, Taras Antal, Baoru Yang, Jukka Rintala, Esa Tyystjärvi

Julkaisuvuosi2015

JournalBioresource Technology

Vuosikerta193

Aloitussivu469

Lopetussivu476

Sivujen määrä8

ISSN0960-8524

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2015.06.135


Tiivistelmä

The eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) containing marine microalga Nannochloropsis oculata was grown in an

effluent from anaerobic digestion of excess activated sludge from a wastewater treatment plant serving

a combination of a pulp and a paper mill and a municipality (digester effluent, DE), mixed with the effluent

of the same wastewater treatment plant. The maximum specific growth rate and photosynthesis of N.

oculata were similar in the DE medium and in artificial sea water medium (ASW) but after 7 days, algae

grown in the DE medium contained seven times more triacylglycerols (TAGs) per cell than cells grown in

ASW, indicating mild stress in the DE medium. However, the volumetric rate of EPA production was similar

in the ASW and DE media. The results suggest that N. oculata could be used to produce EPA, utilizing

the nutrients available after anaerobic digestion of excess activated sludge of a pulp and paper mill.



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