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To investigate the effects of bacteria contaminated in microalgal cultivation, several bacteria were isolated from four photobioreactors for Chlorella sp. KR-1 culture. A total of twenty-one bacterial strains isolated from the reactors and identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Six bacteria, which were found from more than two reactors of the four photobioreactors, were introduced into co-culturing experiments with Chlorella sp. KR-1. Then, the bacterial influences on the productivity of microalgal biomass and lipids were assessed in the photoautotrophic- and mixotrophic microalgal cultivation by comparing them with axenic culture of Chlorella sp. KR-1. The results showed that both biomass and lipid production were significantly enhanced under mixotrophic conditions compared to photoautotropic conditions. However, an excess ratio (more than 10%) of bacterial cells to microalgal cells at the initial stage of mixotrophic cultivation has limited the growth of Chlorella sp. KR-1 because of the relatively fast growth of bacteria, especially under mixotrophic conditions. Moreover, it was proven that the strong biofilm formability of Sphingomonas sp. MB6 is the responsible strain to cause the biomass aggregation observed during the early stage of co-culture. The high abundance of Sphingomonas sp. MB6 during early cultivation period shown by qPCR results was also well corresponded with the period shown a strong biofilm formation, which suggested the applicability of qPCR to monitor a specific bacterial group in a microalgal culture.
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Yun, M., Oh, YK., Praveenkumar, R. et al. Contaminated bacterial effects and qPCR application to monitor a specific bacterium in Chlorella sp. KR-1 culture. Biotechnol Bioproc E 22, 150–160 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12257-016-0584-8
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