Cultivation of <em>Haematococcus pluvialis</em> on Urban Sewage

doi:10.13523/j.cb.20161106

China Biotechnology

2016, Vol. 36

Issue (11): 39-47 DOI: 10.13523/j.cb.20161106

Cultivation of Haematococcus pluvialis on Urban Sewage

ZHANG Huai jin^1,2, ZHANG Jing jing^1,2, ZHOU Jin², JIN Hui^1,2, CAI Zhong hua²

1. School of Life Science, Tsinghua University. Beijing 100084, China;
2. Division of Ocean Science and Technology, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University. Shenzhen 518055, China

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Abstract

Astaxanthin, a red-orange carotenoid pigment, is a powerful biological antioxidant that occurs naturally in a wide variety of living organisms. As a valuable natural product, astaxanthin was widely used in food and cosmetics industry, and considerable potential applications in human health and clinical medicine. Among the acquire process of astaxanthin, Haematococcus pluvialis is the most effective biological source. There are two ways to increase the production of astaxanthin:increasing the biomass and improving the synthesis efficiency. Previously research works have obtained many positive results, there is still a long-way to achieve the highest cost performance ratio. Thus, the municipal wastewater as medium to culture the H. pluvialis is used. The results shows that swage can improve the growth of H. pluvialis greatly, and the biomass is over 2-fold than the control medium (BG11 medium). After detect the level of heavy metal content in the H. pluvialis cell, there was no significant heavy metal enrichment in the algal body. The hazardous metal concentrations in the safe range. In addition, the new develop method can accelerate the products synthetise, and made the synthetic period of astaxanthin advanced significantly (P<0.05). Besides, it is worth noting that the content of nitrogen and phosphorus in the sewage reduced significantly with the growth of algae (P<0.05), eutrophic wastewater has been efficiently improved. Tanken together, our experiment demonstrate the feasibility to culture H. pluvialis by sewage. It can bring double effects:accumulation algal biomass, and helpful to purify water quality. The excellent economic and ecological benefits in algae culturing industry can be gained.

Key words： Ecological benefits Astaxanthin Water purification Municipal wastewater Haematococcus pluvialis

Received: 05 May 2016 Published: 25 November 2016

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ZHANG Huai jin, ZHANG Jing jing, ZHOU Jin, JIN Hui, CAI Zhong hua. Cultivation of Haematococcus pluvialis on Urban Sewage. China Biotechnology, 2016, 36(11): 39-47.

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