Defining the best cultivation systems for scaling up different microalgae species (species selected in the previous stages of the thematic project)

• Grant number: 20/15688-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: March 01, 2021
• End date: July 31, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Botany - Applied Botany
• Principal Investigator: Ana Teresa Lombardi
• Grantee: Lucas Guimarães Cardoso
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 18/07988-5 - Bioprospecting, characterization and optimization of Brazilian microalgal strains for CO2 biofixation and bioproducts of commercial importance, AP.TEM

Abstract

Microalgae have diverse biochemical composition that makes them a potential source of compounds of commercial interest for application in the animal feed, human nutrition, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and energy production industries. The improvement of the cultivation of new species is an important step towards the development of new technologies for the economically viable use of these microorganisms. Thus, this project aims to create adequate conditions for the development on a larger scale of the new microalgae species, selected in previous stages of the thematic project. The main cultivation parameters will be tested at different levels and responses, regarding growth, will be monitored to define the ideal conditions for each species. The results will be compared and the best systems for the scaling of new species will then be defined. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

SILVA, DANILO ALVES; CARDOSO, LUCAS GUIMARAES; DE JESUS SILVA, JAMILLA SUEIRA; DE SOUZA, CAROLINA OLIVEIRA; FRANCA LEMOS, PAULO VITOR; DE ALMEIDA, PAULO FERNANDO; FERREIRA, EDERLAN DE SOUZA; LOMBARDI, ANA TERESA; DRUZIAN, JANICE IZABEL. trategy for the cultivation of Chlorella vulgaris with high biomass production and biofuel potential in wastewater from the oil industr. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION, v. 25, FEB 2022. (19/26571-0, 20/15688-1)

CARDOSO, LUCAS GUIMARAES; LOMBARDI, ANA TERESA; DE JESUS SILVA, JAMILA SUEIRA; FRANCA LEMOS, PAULO VITOR; VIEIRA COSTA, JORGE ALBERTO; DE SOUZA, CAROLINA OLIVEIRA; DRUZIAN, JANICE IZABEL; CHINALIA, FABIO ALEXANDRE. Scaling-up production of Spirulina sp. LEB18 grown in aquaculture wastewater. Aquaculture, v. 544, NOV 15 2021. (20/15688-1)

CARDOSO, LUCAS GUIMARAES; FRANCA LEMOS, PAULO VITOR; DE SOUZA, CAROLINA OLIVEIRA; PRIOR PINTO OLIVEIRA, MARIA BEATRIZ; CHINALIA, FABIO ALEXANDRE. Current advances in phytoremediation and biochemical composition of Arthrospira (Spirulina) grown in aquaculture wastewater. AQUACULTURE RESEARCH, v. 53, n. 14, p. 13-pg., 2022-07-10. (20/15688-1)