Functional Diversity Facilitates Stability Under Environmental Changes in an Outdoor Microalgal Cultivation System.

ABSTRACT: Functionally uniform monocultures have remained the paradigm in microalgal cultivation despite the apparent challenges to avoid invasions by other microorganisms. A mixed microbial consortium approach has the potential to optimize and maintain biomass production despite of seasonal changes and to be more resilient toward contaminations. Here we present a 3-year outdoor production of mixed consortia of locally adapted microalgae and bacteria in cold temperate latitude. Microalgal consortia were cultivated in flat panel photobioreactors using brackish Baltic Sea water and CO₂ from a cement factory (Degerhamn, Cementa AB, Heidelberg Cement Group) as a sustainable CO₂ source. To evaluate the ability of the microbial consortia to maintain stable biomass production while ex

SUBMITTER: Mattsson L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8100445 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature