The Phenobottle, an open-source photobioreactor platform for environmental simulation

Bates, H; Zavafer, A; Szabó, M; Ralph, PJ

The Phenobottle, an open-source photobioreactor platform for environmental simulation

Bates, H Zavafer, A Szabó, M Ralph, PJ

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Algal Research, 2020, 52
Issue Date:: 2020-12-01

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dc.contributor.author	Bates, H
dc.contributor.author	Zavafer, A
dc.contributor.author	Szabó, M
dc.contributor.author	Ralph, PJ
dc.date.accessioned	2020-11-23T05:56:51Z
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dc.date.issued	2020-12-01
dc.identifier.citation	Algal Research, 2020, 52
dc.identifier.issn	2211-9264
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dc.description.abstract	© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Microalgal biotechnologies have great potential for biofuels, bioremediation, food technologies and more recently the production of pharmaceuticals. However, a major obstacle to use microalgae industrially is the optimisation of environmental parameters to the microalgal species of interest (light, CO2 availability, nutrients, etc.). If one aims to optimise productivity, the use of photobioreactors (PBRs) is essential. However, the restrictive design of the few commercial bioreactors and their elevated costs (> $10,000 USD ea.) prevents their use as a mainstream tool. To propel microalgal research we present the Phenobottle, a fully customizable open-source PBR platform (consisting of hardware and software). As the optimisation of photosynthesis is a central process to increasing the productivity of microalgae, the Phenobottle is equipped with a chlorophyll a fluorometer and growth sensors to probe metabolic performance in near-real time. An introductory guide is provided and the Phenobottle's sensors are benchmarked against commercial instruments using the model green alga Chlorella vulgaris.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier BV
dc.relation.ispartof	Algal Research
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.algal.2020.102105
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dc.subject	0607 Plant Biology, 0904 Chemical Engineering, 1003 Industrial Biotechnology
dc.title	The Phenobottle, an open-source photobioreactor platform for environmental simulation
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© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Microalgal biotechnologies have great potential for biofuels, bioremediation, food technologies and more recently the production of pharmaceuticals. However, a major obstacle to use microalgae industrially is the optimisation of environmental parameters to the microalgal species of interest (light, CO2 availability, nutrients, etc.). If one aims to optimise productivity, the use of photobioreactors (PBRs) is essential. However, the restrictive design of the few commercial bioreactors and their elevated costs (> $10,000 USD ea.) prevents their use as a mainstream tool. To propel microalgal research we present the Phenobottle, a fully customizable open-source PBR platform (consisting of hardware and software). As the optimisation of photosynthesis is a central process to increasing the productivity of microalgae, the Phenobottle is equipped with a chlorophyll a fluorometer and growth sensors to probe metabolic performance in near-real time. An introductory guide is provided and the Phenobottle's sensors are benchmarked against commercial instruments using the model green alga Chlorella vulgaris.

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