Hsin-Ta Hsueh
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Title: Potential of CO2 elimination and valued byproducts production by marine microalge isolated from Southern Taiwan
Biography
Biography: Hsin-Ta Hsueh
Abstract
The increasing trend of atmospheric CO2 concentration is still significant in the world. Therefore, CO2 elimination by photosynthetic microorganisms, one of green technology in this issue, is worthy to be developed. In this regard, two
microalgae species was isolated from seawater nearby power plant in Southern Taiwan and compared their potential on CO2 elimination and nitrogen affinity in advance. The higher one potential species on CO2 elimination was used as candidate to see the valued byproducts content under nitrogen deprivation. The results show the maximal growth rate is over 4 d-1 and the nitrogen affinity constant is only 0.03 mM. In addition, the carbohydrate content is over 70% and productivity is about 0.7 g/L/d. This information reveals the species isolated in this study can be used as one of applied microbiology for CO2 elimination and bioethanol precursor production.