Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Social Science (ICONETOS 2020)

Effect of Reducing Nitrogen Levels on Growth and Lipid Productivity of Microalgae Botryococcus braunii Exposed by UV-C Rays

Authors
Thea Prastiwi Soedarmodjo, Arief Widjaja
Corresponding Author
Arief Widjaja
Available Online 22 April 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.210421.059How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Microalgae, Botryococcus braunii, nitrogen reduction, mutation, UV-C
Abstract

Microalgae Botryococcus braunii is a potential raw material for producing lipids. Mutation using UV-C rays is a method to increase microalgae productivity. Optimum quality of microalgae B.braunii could be achieved by UV-C radiation at 1.5 minutes exposure with a continue light irradiance cycle. Reduction of nitrogen levels in nutrients and harvesting time were carried out to determine their effect on lipid productivity and lipid content of microalgae B.braunii. Biomass and lipid productivity is largely determined by the growth in the number of cells and cell mass of B.braunii. The highest biomass productivity was produced by native B.braunii in normal nitrogen medium at 7 days of culture. The highest lipid productivity was produced by UV-C mutated B.braunii in low nitrogen medium at 7 days of culture. The highest lipid content was produced by UV-C mutated B.braunii in low nitrogen at 20 days of culture. Native B.braunii provided the highest biomass productivity. The results of Gas Chromatography analysis showed an increase in the content of free fatty acids (FFA) and Monoacylglycerol (MAG) after mutation treatment and culture in low nitrogen medium.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Social Science (ICONETOS 2020)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
22 April 2021
ISBN
978-94-6239-368-4
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.210421.059How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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