Jitha, G; Dr.Ammini, Joseph(Cochin University of Science and Technology, October , 2005)
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Abstract:
The microalgae gained importance as food and feed as well as source of fine
chemicals since the l960’s. Spirulina became the trend setter due to its easily
culturable properties as well as nutritional composition. A rapid expansion of
microalgal industry occurred in the Asia-Pacific region as microalgae came to
stay as a health food supplement.
Microalgae have been an integral component of oxidation ponds usually
incorporated with wastewater treatment. Over the last few decades, efforts
have been made to apply intensive microalgal cultures to perform biological
tertiary treatment of secondary effluents. Given the limited number of species
still available for commercial exploitation, it is imperative to isolate and
cultivate those photosynthetic organisms with high growth rate and biomass
accumulation, which could play the dual role of cleaning the wastewater and
also providing useful biomass. This has been the objective of this study ie.
0 To develop pure cultures of local isolates of Cyanobacteria for
extraction of biochemicals of commercial value
0 To couple biomass production with effluent treatment
Description:
School of Environmental Studies, Cochin University of Science And Technology