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The Impact of Inoculum Preparation Media on Pollutant Removal through Phycoremediation of Agricultural Drainage Water by Desmodesmus sp.

Asmaa Salah¹, Hoda Sany¹, Abo El-Khair B. El-Sayed², Reham M. El-Bahbohy¹, Heba I. Mohamed^3,*, Ayman Amin^1,*

1 Plant Physiology Division, Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, P. O. Box 12613, Egypt
2 Algal Biotechnology Unit, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt
3 Biological and Geological Science Department, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Cairo, 11341, Egypt

* Corresponding Authors: Heba I. Mohamed. Email: ; Ayman Amin. Email:

(This article belongs to the Special Issue: Molecular and Cellular Communication Between Plants and Plant Growth-Promoting Microorganisms and Their Nanoparticles for Abiotic and Biotic Stress Tolerance)

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany 2023, 92(10), 2875-2890. https://doi.org/10.32604/phyton.2023.031064

Received 11 May 2023; Accepted 13 July 2023; Issue published 15 September 2023

Abstract

Water is the most essential natural resource for the future development. Agriculture production is extensively water-dependent and a significant polluter of water resources. So, this work investigated the effect of two different preparation media [Bold’s Basal Medium (BBM) and Domiati cheese whey (DCW)] for agricultural drainage water (ADW) remediation. All treatments were incubated for 6 days. According to the results of biomass productivity, specific growth rate, photosynthetic pigments, and biochemical composition, Desmodesmus sp. can grow in drainage water without dilution. The two treatments significantly reduced the concentration of nitrate, phosphate, chemical oxygen demand, and sodium in ADW. Finally, using cheese whey with BBM as inoculum preparation media enhanced the lipid accumulation in the algal biomass (25.4% w/w) and gave the best biodiesel properties among treatments. Therefore, combining remediation of drainage water with microalgae mass production can achieve the sustainability of agriculture.

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