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Effect of dilution rate, ph and temperature on the growth ofChlorella kessleri in a continuous autotrophic culture

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In a culture ofChlorella kessleri illuminated with a sodium vapour lamp at 33 °C and pH 6.5 the maximum rate of biomass production was 4.5 g L-l d-1. Of the total volume of 3.6 L of the suspension 2.5 L were placed between two glass concentric cylinders surrounding the tube. Examples of the course of speoific growth rate μ in the transient state following jump changes of the dilution rate, pH and temperature are presented. After a jump change of pH or temperature of the suspension maximal and minimal values, respectively, of μ are observed.

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  1. Department of Autotrophic Microorganisms, Institute of Microbiology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 379 01, Třeboň, Czechoslovakia

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The author thanks ing. J. BInová for the preparation of the inoculum.

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Lívanský, K. Effect of dilution rate, ph and temperature on the growth ofChlorella kessleri in a continuous autotrophic culture. Folia Microbiol 26, 422–425 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02927339

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