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Carbon dioxide fixation by Chlorella kessleri, C. vulgaris, Scenedesmus obliquus and Spirulina sp. cultivated in flasks and vertical tubular photobioreactors

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CO2 at different concentrations were added to cultures of the eukaryotic microalgae, Chlorella kessleri, C. vulgaris and Scenedesmus obliquus, and the prokaryotic cyanobacterium, Spirulina sp., growing in flasks and in a photobioreactor. In each case, the best kinetics and carbon fixation rate were with a vertical tubular photobioreactor. Overall, Spirulina sp. had the highest rates. Spirulina sp., Sc. obliquus and C. vulgaris could grow with up to 18% CO2.

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The authors thank the Brazilian Central Electric Company (Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A., Eletrobrás) and the Thermal Energy Electricity Generating Company (Companhia de Geração Térmica de Energia Elétrica, CGTEE) for financial support.

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  1. Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Federal University Foundation of Rio Grande, P.O. Box 474, Rio Grande, RS, 96201-900, Brazil

    Michele Greque de Morais & Jorge Alberto Vieira Costa

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de Morais, M.G., Costa, J.A.V. Carbon dioxide fixation by Chlorella kessleri, C. vulgaris, Scenedesmus obliquus and Spirulina sp. cultivated in flasks and vertical tubular photobioreactors. Biotechnol Lett 29, 1349–1352 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-007-9394-6

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