Title:	Co-culture of microalgae, cyanobacteria, and macromycetes for exopolysaccharides production: process preliminary optimization and partial characterization.
Authors:	ANGELIS, S. de NOVAK, A. C. SYDNEY, E. B. SOCCOL, V. T. CARVALHO, J. C. PANDEY, A. NOSEDA, M. D. THOLOZAN, J. L. LORQUIN, J. SOCCOL, C. R.
Affiliation:	SANDRA DE ANGELIS, CNPF; UFPR; UFPR; UFPR; UFPR; UFPR; UNICENP; IRD, Marseille, France; IRD, Marseille, France; UFPR.
Date Issued:	2012
Citation:	Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, v. 167, n. 5, p. 1092-1106, 2012.
Description:	In this study, the biomass and exopolysaccharides (EPS) production in co-cultures of microalgae/cyanobacteria and macromycetes was evaluated as a technology for producing new polysaccharides for medical and/or industrial application. Based on biomass and EPS productivity of monocultures, two algae and two fungi were selected and cultured in different co-culture arrangements. The hydrosoluble EPS fractions from mono- and cocultures were characterized by ¹³C NMR spectroscopy and gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry and compared. It was found that co-cultures resulted in the production of an EPS different from those produced by monocultures, showing fungal predominance with microalgal/cyanobacterial traces. Co-cultures conditions were screened (temperature, agitation speed, fungal and microalgae inoculation rate, initial pH, illumination rate, and glucose concentration) in order to achieve maximum biomass and EPS production, resulting in an increase of 33 and 61% in exopolysaccharides and biomass productions, respectively (patent pending).
Thesagro:	Microalga
Keywords:	Cianobactéria Macromiceto
Type of Material:	Artigo de periódico
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CNPF)