ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Study of the Polysaccharide Production by the Microalga
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- Advances in ultrasound-enhanced recovery of marine algal polysaccharides: toward sustainable bioprocessing.Ultrasonics sonochemistry · 2025Review
- Lead biosorption and chemical composition of extracellular polymeric substances isolated from mixotrophic microalgal cultures.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Study of the polysaccharide production by the microalgae C-1509Biotechnology reports (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Vischeria punctata is a unicellular microalga that has industrial potential, as it can produce substances with beneficial properties. Among them, endopolysaccharides (accumulated in cells) and exopolysaccharides (released by cells into the culture medium) are of particular interest. This study aimed to investigate the effect of nutrient medium composition on the growth of V. punctata biomass and the synthesis of polysaccharides by microalgae. The effect of modifying a standard nutrient medium and varying cultivation parameters (temperature, time, and extractant type) on the yield of exopolysaccharides produced by the microalgae V. punctate was investigated. The methods of spectrophotometry, ultrasonic extraction, and alcohol precipitation were used in the study. It was found that after 61 days of cultivation, the concentration of polysaccharides in the culture medium was statistically significantly higher (p <0.05) when using a Prat nutrient medium (984.9 mg/g d.w.) than BBM 3N (63.0 mg/g d.w.). It was found that the increase in the V. punctata biomass when cultivated on different nutrient media did not differ significantly. The maximum biomass values on Prat and BBM 3N media were 1.101 mg/g d.w. and 1.120 mg/g d.w., respectively. Neutral sugars and uronic acids were found in the culture media. It follows on from the obtained data that the modified PratM medium was more efficient for extracting polysaccharides from V. punctata. The potential of microalgae as new sources of valuable chemicals (polysaccharides), which can be widely used in technologies for developing novel functional foods, biologically active food supplements, and pharmaceutical substances, was studied.
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