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      Spirulina platensis growth in open raceway ponds using fresh water supplemented with carbon, nitrogen and metal ions.

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          To investigate the feasibility of using fresh water from Mangueira Lagoon (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) for biomass production in open raceway ponds (0.7 m long, 0.18 m wide, 0.075 m deep) we studied the influence of nutrient addition (carbon as sodium bicarbonate, nitrogen as urea, phosphate, sulfate, ferric iron, magnesium and potassium) on the growth rate of the cyanobacteria Spirulina platensis using a 22 factorial design. In unsupplemented lagoon water production of S platensis was 0.78 +/- 0.01 g/l (dry weight basis) while the addition of 2.88 g/l of sodium bicarbonate (without added urea, phosphate, sulfate or metal ions) resulted in 0.82 +/- 0.01 g/l after 400 hours of culture. The further addition of phosphate and metal ions resulted in growth for up to 750 h and a final S. platensis biomass of 1.23 +/- 0.04 to 1.34 +/- 0.03 g/l.

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          Journal
          Z Naturforsch C J Biosci
          Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. C, Journal of biosciences
          Walter de Gruyter GmbH
          0939-5075
          0341-0382
          March 8 2003
          : 58
          : 1-2
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Laboratório de Engenharia Bioquímica, Departamento de Química, Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Caixa Postal 474, CEP 96201-900, Rio Grande, RS, Brasil. dqmjorge@furg.br
          Article
          10.1515/znc-2003-1-214
          12622231
          85524931-0301-4d9a-9d67-9e31678940ed
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