@Article{biocell.2020.012047,
AUTHOR = {YANJUAN LIAO, DONGLING YU, XIAOFANG QIN, JINMEI WU, HUI WEI, HUI LI, XIANGYING MA, ZAIYIN HUANG},
TITLE = {Optimization of the <i>in-situ</i> growth conditions based on a novel photo-microcalorimeter for the sustainable cultivation of photosynthetic microorganisms},
JOURNAL = {BIOCELL},
VOLUME = {44},
YEAR = {2020},
NUMBER = {4},
PAGES = {703--711},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/biocell/v44n4/40984},
ISSN = {1667-5746},
ABSTRACT = {Despite the great potential of photosynthetic microbes in the production of renewable fuels, value-adding
chemicals, and water treatment, etc., commercial utilization of them is significantly hindered by the lack of techniques
to accurately monitor the thermodynamic and kinetic characteristics of the <i>In-situ</i> growth of microbes under
controlled light illumination for optimal cultivation. Herein, we demonstrated that a newly developed highly sensitive
photo-microcalorimetric system successfully captured the impacts of the light wavelength and strength on the
thermodynamic and kinetic parameters of the <i>In-situ</i> growth of <i>Rhodopseudomonas palustris</i>, a representative
photosynthetic microorganism. To our best knowledge, this is the first time that highly precise microcalorimetry is
employed to monitor exam the in-situ growth of photosynthetic microorganisms under controllable photo
illumination. We envision this technique can help for the optimization of the growth conditions of photosynthetic
microorganisms for scale-up applications.},
DOI = {10.32604/biocell.2020.012047}
}