REMOVAL OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS BY IMMOBILIZED CELLS OF CHLORELLA-VULGARIS AND SCENEDESMUS-BIJUGATUS ISOLATED FROM SOIL

被引:33
作者
MEGHARAJ, M
PEARSON, HW
VENKATESWARLU, K
机构
[1] UNIV LIVERPOOL,DEPT GENET & MICROBIOL,LIVERPOOL L69 3BX,ENGLAND
[2] UNIV DUNDEE,DEPT BIOL SCI,DUNDEE DD1 4HN,SCOTLAND
关键词
CHLORELLA-VULGARIS; IMMOBILIZATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SCENEDESMUS-BIJUGATUS; SOIL ALGAE;
D O I
10.1016/0141-0229(92)90042-M
中图分类号
Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
The efficiency in removal of ammoniacal-nitrogen and orthophosphate-phosphorus from continuous flow cultures was determined using two soil microalgae, Chlorella vulgaris and Scenedesmus bijugatus, entrapped in 4-mm calcium-alginate beads. Beads each stocked with 10(8) cells of both cultures removed 71 to 79% more nitrogen and 52 to 82% more phosphorus within 6 h compared to those with a stocking density of 10(5) cells bead-1. C. vulgaris was more efficient in the removal of both nutrients than S. bijugatus. Exponentially growing cells of the two isolates effected greater uptake of phosphorus, whereas the age of the cultures was found to have no direct impact on the removal of nitrogen.
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