WO2015092808A2 - Method of improving the yield of algae production - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates to algae, and methods of its production BACKGROUND:
- Living organisms can be divided into two groups, organism of one group employ a urea cycle pathway in their metabolism and the second group do not employ such a urea cycle pathway.
- the organisms which employ the urea cycle pathway in their metabolism includes diatom, ciliates, dinoflagellates, copepods and rotifers, whereas the organisms which do not employ the urea cycle pathway in their metabolism include blue-green algae, green algae and the like.
- the algal population decreases. This can be countered by providing a steady supply of nutrients to the diatom-algae populated environment. But this is not a feasible option as the diatoms by virtue of the urea cycle pathway consume the nutrients more efficiently and also at a much faster rate than algae. .
- Provided in the present disclosure is a method for improving the yield of algae present in a mixed environment, which includes organisms like diatoms and algae.
- the method as disclosed in the present disclosure inhibits the growth of diatoms whereas promotes the algal growth, in a mixed environment.
- the urea cycle is a metabolic pathway used to incorporate excess nitrogen into urea and remove it from the body of an organism. However, it appears to play a far more wide-ranging role in diatoms.
- the urea cycle is a key to the distribution and recycling of inorganic carbon and nitrogen, and also helps diatoms recover from short-term withdrawal of nutrients.
- the urea cycle pathway serves in the formation of carbonaceous and nitrogenous compounds and also serves as a distribution and repackaging hub for inorganic carbon and nitrogen and contributes significantly to the metabolic response of diatoms by facilitating rapid recovery from prolonged nitrogen limitation or nutrient scarcity or from short-term nutrient withdrawal and respond immediately to the availability of a greater supply of food by increasing their metabolic and growth rates. Therefore this urea cycle pathway represents a key pathway for anaplerotic carbon fixation into nitrogenous compounds that are essential for diatom growth.
- Organisms like the diatoms which possess a urea cycle pathway are well developed to utilize rapidly nutrients, especially the carbon and nitrogen sources present, as compared to the organisms without the urea cycle like algae. Thus, in comparison the organisms like diatoms grow more rapidly, thereby shunting the growth of organisms like algae.
- a method of improving the yield of algae by introducing a urea cycle pathway inhibitor in a natural habitat consisting of a mixed environment of diatoms and algae.
- the method involves treating the mixed environment with at least one urea cycle pathway inhibitor.
- the algal source can be algae grown in an open habitat.
- the disclosed method selectively inhibits the growth of diatoms without affecting the algal growth by use of at least one urea cycle pathway inhibitor.
- the urea cycle pathway inhibitor used in the method of the present disclosure include but is not limited to palmitoyl CoA, tris, hepes, saccharopine, lysine, plant ornithine analogs, ammonia, sodium benzoate and combinations thereof.
- the disclosed method may include one or more of the aforementioned urea cycle pathway inhibitors.
- urea cycle pathway inhibitors as disclosed in the present disclosure inhibit one or more of the enzymes from the group consisting of carbamoyl phosphate synthase, ornithine carbamoyl transferase, arginosuccinate synthase, arginosuccinate lyase and arginase to a greater or lesser extent.
- the amount of the urea cycle pathway inhibitor used is in a range of 0.1 to lOOmM with respect to the total mass of the medium.
- the amount of Palmitoyl coA is in the range of 0.25mM to 0.58mM, preferably 0.4 ImM.
- the amount of Tris is in the range of 20mM to 50mM, preferably 25mM.
- the amount of Saccharopine is in the range of O.lmM to ImM, preferably 0.5mM.
- the amount of sodium benzoate is in the range of lmM to lOOmM.
- the algae population present in a habitat such as a water pond is treated with at least one urea cycle pathway inhibitor.
- the treatment involves techniques such as contacting, mixing, incorporating, adding, spraying and the like.
- the urea cycle containing organisms like diatoms are inhibited by the urea cycle pathway inhibitors, thereby enhancing the algal yield.
- a control was established containing equal quantities of algae and diatoms. Similarly a test was also established containing the same equal quantities of algae and diatoms along with ImM of urea cycle pathway inhibitor namely, Saccharopine.
- the diatom and the algal cell count was then determined using the cellometer technique at the end of 4 day.
- the algae cell count in the control was found to be 119 and that in the test was found to be 450.
- diatom cell count of the control was found to be 842 and that of the test was found to be 62. This clearly shows that the algae cell count is not affected by the presence of the urea cycle pathway inhibitor; rather it aids the algal growth, simultaneously drastically reducing the diatom cell count from 842 to 62.
- the diatom cell count in the test of the present disclosure was reduced by 69% as compared to the control as illustrated in Table 1.
- Table 1 Cell count of Diatoms and Algae.
- Periodic cell count readings were carried out for a span of two months. The diatom and the algal cell count were then determined using the cellometer technique at the end of the 2 month span. The algae cell count was found to be 5300 cells/meter and the diatom cell count was found to be 580 cells/meter.
- the diatom cell count of the pond in the present disclosure was reduced by 71% as compared to the cell count of diatoms on Day, 1 as illustrated in Table 2.
- Table 1 Cell count of Diatoms and Algae in a pond.
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| AU2014369089A AU2014369089A1 (en) | 2013-11-13 | 2014-11-12 | Method of improving the yield of algae production |
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