(Picture from Martek Annual Report) Oil Crops Algal Fermentation Process Cow Stomach “Extractor”...

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(Picture from Martek Annual Report) Oil Crops Algal Fermentation Process Cow Stomach “Extractor” Cull Potatoes Omega-3 food Biodiesel Crude Glycerol Feed additives to fish Omega-3 Algal cells before shifting Algal biomass enriched with lipids Waste Water Nutraceuticals and foods with omega-3 (Picture from www.wikipedia.com) Feedstocks Cull Potato Underutilized agricultural biomass with low commercial value Can provide both carbon and nitrogen sources for algae’s growth Biodiesel Waste Glycerol Negative value by-product of biodiesel industry Difficult to be purified, due to many impurities However, it’s good carbon source for algae’s growth Converting them to high value DHA could provide a great potential market for them The Health Benefit of DHA (C22:6, -3) Component of the photoreceptor cells of infant retinas Involved in the development of infant brains Supplemental DHA in infant formula is strongly recommended by WHO Reduced risk of age-related neurological disorders, such as Alzheimer’s and dementia DHA Producing Alga Strain: Schizochytrium limacinum SR21 Heterotrophic algae growing on glucose and glycerol as carbon source High lipids content in algae biomass (more than 50%) High ratio of DHA to total fatty acids (more than 30%) Fast growing Two-stage Growth of Schizochytrium cell number increasing stage: cell reproduction and rapid cell number increase with little increase in size and weight of each cell cell size increasing stage: cells stop reproduction but enlarge due to lipids accumulation Hypothesis Optimizing culture conditions of these two stages separately and using a “shifting strategy” will increase the production rate Omega-3 Used in Aquaculture 1 million tons of fish oil produced globally per year, 70~80% of it used in aquaculture as fish meal Aquaculture feed demand increases while ocean fishery resources decline, using fish meal to support aquaculture growth becomes non- sustainable Organic fish movement requires an omega-3 source that is not originated from fish meal The omega-3 enriched in the algae biomass produced in this process will be a better source Potential DHA Market in U.S. $ ( millions) Infant Formula 200 Dairy beverages 820 Cheese 500 Beverages (non-dairy) 770 Snacks/candy/cookies/crackers 625 Bread 510 Cereal/Breakfast food 465 Yogurt 70 Other 1,500 Total 5,460 (UBS Global Life Sciences Conference, September 27, 2006) BACKGROUND RESULTS 1. Verification of the two-stage growth 2. High oxygen concentration culture in the reproduction stage 3. Oxygen consumption in the cell increasing stage 5. Enhancing biomass production with fed batch culture 6. High cell density culture The cell number stopped increasing after 24 hours, but the dry cell weight kept increasing The only explanation is that the “body weight” of each cell was increasing Therefore, to improve biomass production: 1. produce more cells in the first stage 2. grow bigger cells in the second stage The specific oxygen uptake rate (SOUR) reached its maximum at 8th hr, and decreased to a very low level after 24th hour Large amount of oxygen was consumed in the cell reproduction stage, but only a little oxygen was consumed in the lipid accumulation stage Shifting strategy is necessary, in that it produce high cell density at first, and provide optimal condition for lipids accumulation The bottle neck of the algae biomass production in previous study is low cell density produced in the cell reproduction stage High oxygen concentration in the reproduction stage produced much more cells Algae biomass production could be greatly enhanced with this high cell density 4. Biomass production with shift strategy Culture the cell at high oxygen and nitrogen source concentration at high temperature, then shift the culture to low oxygen and nitrogen concentration at low temperature Biomass production was greatly enhanced with shift strategy The cell body weight suppose to be further enhanced, if feed more nutrients in the culture to the high cell density Shift time (hr) Dry cell weight (g/L) cell density (10 6 cells/ml) cell body weight (mg/10 6 cells) Control (no shifting) 21.5 51 0.42 18 24.6 106 0.23 24 25.3 118 0.21 30 29.3 124 0.24 40 37.9 140 0.27 48 36.2 162 0.22 20 30 40 50 60 4 6 8 10 12 14 culture tim e (days) d ry cell w eig h t (g / feeding control To obtain high biomass production with this high cell density culture, more nutrients and carbon source need to be supplemented in the shifted culture, to make the algae cells accumulate more lipids inside cells With the feeding, the cell body weight was enhanced to 0.38 mg/10 6 cells, 56 g/L algae biomass was obtained Culture with 360× 10 6 cells/ml at initial was conducted, 102.4 g/L algae biomass was obtained DHA Production efficiency was greatly enhanced with this high cell density culture This process is very promising to be industrialized ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This research is supported by the Washington State University IMPACT Center and the Washington State Potato Commission 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 8 12 16 24 38 51 tim e(hr) D C W (g/L) 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 celld en sity (10^6/m low D O DCW high D O DCW low D O cellnum ber high D O cellnumber 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 0 20 24 28 33 44 Tim e (hr) D ry cellw ight(g/L ) 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 C ellnum ber (10^6 cells/m L) BR DCW B R cellnum ber OUR 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0 20 40 60 tim e (hr) O U R (m g/L/m in) SOUR 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.09 0 20 40 60 tim e (hr) m g/10^6 cells/m in 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 0 2 4 6 8 Tim e (day) D ry cellw eight(g/L) Zhanyou Chi, Yubin Zheng, Chenlin Li, Bo Hu, Shulin Chen Zhanyou Chi, Yubin Zheng, Chenlin Li, Bo Hu, Shulin Chen Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6120 Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6120 Using wastewater from dark fermentative hydrogen production to culture Oleaginous yeast Cryptococcus curvatus to be used as biodiesel feedstock

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Page 1: (Picture from Martek Annual Report) Oil Crops Algal Fermentation Process Cow Stomach “Extractor” Cull Potatoes Omega-3 food Biodiesel Crude Glycerol Feed.

(Picture from Martek Annual Report)

Oil Crops Algal Fermentation Process

Cow Stomach “Extractor”

Cull Potatoes

Omega-3 food

Biodiesel

Crude Glycerol

Feed additives to fish

Omega-3 Algal cells before shifting

Algal biomass enriched with

lipids

Waste WaterNutraceuticals and foods

with omega-3

(Picture from www.wikipedia.com)

FeedstocksCull Potato Underutilized agricultural biomass with low commercial

value

Can provide both carbon and nitrogen sources for algae’s growth

Biodiesel Waste Glycerol Negative value by-product of biodiesel industry

Difficult to be purified, due to many impurities

However, it’s good carbon source for algae’s growth

Converting them to high value DHA could provide a great potential market for them

The Health Benefit of DHA (C22:6, -3) Component of the photoreceptor cells of infant retinas

Involved in the development of infant brains

Supplemental DHA in infant formula is strongly recommended by WHO

Reduced risk of age-related neurological disorders, such as Alzheimer’s and dementia

DHA Producing Alga Strain: Schizochytrium limacinum SR21

Heterotrophic algae growing on glucose and glycerol as carbon source

High lipids content in algae biomass (more than 50%)

High ratio of DHA to total fatty acids (more than 30%)

Fast growing

Two-stage Growth of Schizochytrium cell number increasing stage: cell reproduction and rapid cell

number increase with little increase in size and weight of each cell

cell size increasing stage: cells stop reproduction but enlarge due to lipids accumulation

Hypothesis Optimizing culture conditions of these two stages separately

and using a “shifting strategy” will increase the production rate

Omega-3 Used in Aquaculture 1 million tons of fish oil produced globally per year, 70~80%

of it used in aquaculture as fish meal

Aquaculture feed demand increases while ocean fishery resources decline, using fish meal to support aquaculture growth becomes non-sustainable

Organic fish movement requires an omega-3 source that is not originated from fish meal

The omega-3 enriched in the algae biomass produced in this process will be a better source

Potential DHA Market in U.S.

$ ( millions)

Infant Formula 200

Dairy beverages 820

Cheese 500

Beverages (non-dairy) 770

Snacks/candy/cookies/crackers 625

Bread 510

Cereal/Breakfast food 465

Yogurt 70

Other 1,500

Total 5,460

(UBS Global Life Sciences Conference, September 27, 2006)

BACKGROUND

RESULTS1. Verification of the two-stage growth

2. High oxygen concentration culture in the reproduction stage

3. Oxygen consumption in the cell increasing stage 5. Enhancing biomass production with fed batch culture

6. High cell density culture

The cell number stopped increasing after 24 hours, but the dry cell weight kept increasing

The only explanation is that the “body weight” of each cell was increasing

Therefore, to improve biomass production:

1. produce more cells in the first stage

2. grow bigger cells in the second stage

The specific oxygen uptake rate (SOUR) reached its maximum at 8th hr, and decreased to a very low level after 24th hour

Large amount of oxygen was consumed in the cell reproduction stage, but only a little oxygen was consumed in the lipid accumulation stage

Shifting strategy is necessary, in that it produce high cell density at first, and provide optimal condition for lipids accumulation

The bottle neck of the algae biomass production in previous study is low cell density produced in the cell reproduction stage

High oxygen concentration in the reproduction stage produced much more cells

Algae biomass production could be greatly enhanced with this high cell density

4. Biomass production with shift strategy

Culture the cell at high oxygen and nitrogen source concentration at high temperature, then shift the culture to low oxygen and nitrogen concentration at low temperature

Biomass production was greatly enhanced with shift strategy

The cell body weight suppose to be further enhanced, if feed more nutrients in the culture to the high cell density

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To obtain high biomass production with this high cell density culture, more nutrients and carbon source need to be supplemented in the shifted culture, to make the algae cells accumulate more lipids inside cells

With the feeding, the cell body weight was enhanced to 0.38 mg/106 cells, 56 g/L algae biomass was obtained

Culture with 360× 106cells/ml at initial was conducted, 102.4 g/L algae biomass was obtained

DHA Production efficiency was greatly enhanced with this high cell density culture

This process is very promising to be industrialized

ACKNOWLEDGMENTSThis research is supported by the Washington State University

IMPACT Center and the Washington State Potato Commission

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Zhanyou Chi, Yubin Zheng, Chenlin Li, Bo Hu, Shulin ChenZhanyou Chi, Yubin Zheng, Chenlin Li, Bo Hu, Shulin ChenDepartment of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6120Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6120

Using wastewater from dark fermentative hydrogen production to culture Oleaginous yeast Cryptococcus curvatus to be used as biodiesel feedstock