@article{Sharker:276594,
      recid = {276594},
      author = {Sharker, M. G. U. and Miah, M. I. and Rahman, M. M. and  Habib, M. A. B.},
      title = {Culture of Spirulina platensis in various concentrations  of papaya skin powder medium},
      journal = {Journal of the Bangladesh Agricultural University},
      address = {2007-06},
      number = {452-2018-3950},
      year = {2007},
      abstract = {The growth performance of Spirulina platensis was studied  in various concentrations viz., 0.3, 0.4 and 0.5 g/L of  papaya skin powder medium (PSPM) and Kosaric Medium (KM) in  the laboratory for three months. Each trial was carried out  for a period of 12 days with three replications. The growth  rate of S. platensis was found to vary in different media.  The initial cell weight of S. platensis was 4.0 mg/L which  attained a maximum weight of 0.720 g/L in KM followed by  0.693, 0.578 and 0.430 g/L in 0.3, 0.4 and 0.5 g/L of PSPM,  respectively on 8th day of culture. Similar trend was  observed in the case of chlorophyll a content of S.  platensis. The proximate composition of papaya skin powder  was analyzed and found that the amount of protein was  20.25%, lipid 3.85%, ash 9.31%, NFE 50.49% and moisture  16.10%. The result indicated that the growth rate of S.  platensis was significantly (p<0.01) higher in 0.3 g/L  concentration of PSPM than other concentrations of PSPM.  The physico-chemical parameters viz., temperature (30.06  °C), light intensity (2110 lux/m2/s), dissolved oxygen (4.8  mg/L), pH (12.08), nitratenitrogen (3.29 mg/L),  phosphate-phosphorus (1.97 mg/L), and nitrite-nitrogen  (0.063 mg/L) were observed in optimum levels.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/276594},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.276594},
}