Mitigating Night Biomass Loss in Outdoor Pilot‐Scale Mixotrophic Algal Cultivation of <i>Monoraphidium minutum</i> Using Flue Gas Condensate and Cheese Whey
Journal: Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Year: 2025

In algal cultivation, nighttime biomass loss due to respiration and cell mortality can considerably reduce the amount of biomass produced during daylight. The adverse effect can be counteracted by mixotrophic cultivation, where an organic carbon (OC) source is used to supply the energy required for cell maintenance and division during darkness. The potential for mixotrophic cultivation to mitigate night biomass loss has yet to be tested under outdoor, large-scale conditions that use raw industri