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The aminophosphonate glyphosine enhances phycobiliprotein yields from selected cyanobacterial cultures

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Among added-value products obtained from cyanobacterial cultures are phycobiliproteins, photosynthetic pigments that have found an increasing number of applications as natural dyes for food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and antioxidants. To obtain sustainable production, we aimed at maximizing phycobilin yield through the increase of either the final biomass or the specific content of these pigments by varying culture parameters, such as chemical composition and pH of the medium or quality and intensity of the light. Here, we report that the addition to the culture medium of millimolar or submillimolar concentrations of the aminophosphonate glyphosine [(N,N-bis(phosphonomethyl)glycine], formerly used as a ripener for sugarcane, was found to improve phycobilin yields of halophilic and freshwater cyanobacterial strains.

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The authors thank Zschimmer & Schwarz GmbH & Co KG (Mohsdorf, Germany) for kindly providing glyphosine.

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The research was funded by the National Science and Development Centre of Poland, Grant No. PBS3/B8/25/2015. Partial support from the University of Ferrara in the frame of the FAR 2016 project is also acknowledged.

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  1. Faculty of Chemistry, Opole University, Oleska 48, 45-052, Opole, Poland

    Damian Drzyzga, Emilia Niemczyk & Jacek Lipok

  2. Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, I-44121, Ferrara, Italy

    Giuseppe Forlani

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Drzyzga, D., Forlani, G., Niemczyk, E. et al. The aminophosphonate glyphosine enhances phycobiliprotein yields from selected cyanobacterial cultures. J Appl Phycol 30, 311–317 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-017-1271-7

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