Screening and enrichment of desirable high lipid producing microalgal consortia

Publication date: Available online 9 January 2019Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: BiologyAuthor(s): Jyoti Sharma, Smita S. Kumar, Narsi R. Bishnoi, Arivalagan PugazhendhiAbstractLipid content is the main parameter for the evaluation of microalgae towards biodiesel production. The present study was aimed at screening of desirable algal consortia based on lipid content for further processing into biofuel. Twenty different algal consortia were investigated for lipid content qualitatively by Nile Red and quantitatively by gravimetric method and FTIR. Nile Red is used as a fluorophore for physically characterizing the lipid body in algal cultures. The yellow fluorescence in all the samples confirmed the presence of lipid content when observed under a fluorescent microscope....

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