Day: February 16, 2020

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Cultivation step

The main goal of this page is to give certain scientific and practical information about my PhD project and the importance of cryptophyte.

In the first step, I cultured some strains of cryptophyte (Figures 1, 2 and 3) which were in the collection of Dr. Peltomaa at the University of Helsinki (Algological laboratory of Almalab-complex- http://www.almalab.fi/AlmaLab_-ymparistolaboratorio/AlmaLab.fi.html).

Fig 1: First cultures in 50 ml flasks

Fig 2 and 3: Two strains of cryptophyte cultured in 600 ml flasks and ready to transfer to experimental bottles

Next, I  put my cultures under different experimental conditions to find the best growth rate with high levels of bioactive compounds (Figure 4).

Fig 4: cultures prepared to put under test condition

Later, I will publish information about experimental conditions and results of my experiments with more details.