A revised mineral nutrient supplement increases biomass and growth rate in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

ABSTRACT: Interest in exploiting algae as a biofuel source and the role of nutrient deficiency in inducing triacylglyceride (TAG) accumulation in cells necessitates a strategy to efficiently formulate species-specific culture media that can be easily manipulated. Using the reference organism Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, we tested the hypothesis that modeling trace element supplements on the ionomes of cells would result in optimized cell growth. We characterized the ionomes of multiple wild-type Chlamydomonas strains in various culture conditions and developed a revised trace element solution to parallel our measurements. Comparison of cells growing in the revised supplement versus a traditional trace element solution revealed faster growth rates and higher maximum cell densities with the revised reci

ORGANISM(S): Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

SUBMITTER: Sabeeha Merchant 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-25622 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress