Currently I and my group members was tasked on a project on using carbon dioxide as main feed for microalgae product formation. So, we decided on using Chlorella vulgaris but now we are all stuck on balancing the equation since
1. we failed to properly formulate chlorella vulgaris
2. the pathway we have chosen does not show its by products
Without those 2 we cant do economic potential analysis to see whether its profitable for production. any ideas how we should proceed? we may need to change the microbes we use thus the product and that put us back into square one. btw we are trying to get beta carotene as our main product. and the pathway is chosen from. or have we gone the wrong steps?Article A review: Importance of chlorella and different applications
For low-cost production: You may use 1. low-cost media 2. The open pond culture system
Dear Muhammad,
You need to provide more specifications of your process, how are you cultivating C. vulgaris?
Most of all, if your main target is the production of carotenoids from Chlorella, you should consider to "stress" the algae, usually with a saline or with high luminosity stress in order to increase the pigment production.
This however depends also on your extraction method.
You can also try "stress imposed by environmental conditions, such as , temperature, heavy metal concentration, and nitrogen availability; and also UV light stimulation.