Photoautotrophic Production of Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) with Nannochloropsis oceanica Under Dynamic Climate Simulations

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Pubblicato in:Processes vol. 13, no. 6 (2025), p. 1649-1666
Autore principale: Thurn Anna-Lena
Altri autori: Gerwald Sebastian, Brück, Thomas, Weuster-Botz Dirk
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100 1 |a Thurn Anna-Lena  |u Chair of Biochemical Engineering, School of Engineering and Design, Technical University of Munich, Boltzmannstr. 15, 85748 Garching, Germany; annalena.thurn@tum.de (A.-L.T.); sebastian.gerwald@tum.de (S.G.) 
245 1 |a Photoautotrophic Production of Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) with <i>Nannochloropsis oceanica</i> Under Dynamic Climate Simulations 
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520 3 |a Marine microalgae from the genus Nannochloropsis are promising candidates for the photoautotrophic production of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, C20:5), a polyunsaturated fatty acid known for its numerous health benefits. A recent study demonstrated that Microchloropsis salina can accumulate high amounts of EPA when cultivated in flat-plate gas-lift photobioreactors. This study aimed to characterize an alternative strain, Nannochloropsis oceanica, and compare its biomass and EPA productivity to M. salina. Applying simulated dynamic climate conditions of a repeated sunny summer day in Eastern Australia, N. oceanica was cultivated in LED-illuminated flat-plate gas-lift photobioreactors. The results showed significantly higher biomass growth and EPA contents compared to M. salina. An EPA productivity of 33.0 ± 0.6 mgEPA L−1 d−1 has been achieved in batch processes with N. oceanica. Scaling up the photoautotrophic process to 8 m2 thin-layer cascade photobioreactors resulted in doubled concentrations of N. oceanica biomass compared to laboratory-scale batch processes. This improvement was likely due to the reduced fluid layer depth, which enhanced light availability to the microalgal cells. Using urea instead of nitrate as a nitrogen source further improved the EPA production of N. oceanica in thin-layer cascade photobioreactors, achieving CDW concentrations of up to 17.7 g L−1 and thus a high EPA concentration of 843 mg L−1. These findings highlight N. oceanica as an alternative to M. salina for sustainable EPA production, offering potential for further industrial applications. 
651 4 |a Germany 
653 |a Nitrates 
653 |a Reactors 
653 |a Eicosapentaenoic acid 
653 |a Nitrogen 
653 |a Biomass 
653 |a Fish oils 
653 |a Productivity 
653 |a Polyunsaturated fatty acids 
653 |a Photobioreactors 
653 |a Algae 
653 |a Lipids 
653 |a Aquatic microorganisms 
653 |a Batch processing 
653 |a Simulation 
653 |a Industrial applications 
653 |a Batch processes 
653 |a Omega-3 fatty acids 
653 |a Carbon dioxide 
653 |a Fishing 
653 |a Light 
653 |a Enzymes 
653 |a Nannochloropsis oceanica 
700 1 |a Gerwald Sebastian  |u Chair of Biochemical Engineering, School of Engineering and Design, Technical University of Munich, Boltzmannstr. 15, 85748 Garching, Germany; annalena.thurn@tum.de (A.-L.T.); sebastian.gerwald@tum.de (S.G.) 
700 1 |a Brück, Thomas  |u Werner Siemens-Chair of Synthetic Biotechnology, School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany 
700 1 |a Weuster-Botz Dirk  |u Chair of Biochemical Engineering, School of Engineering and Design, Technical University of Munich, Boltzmannstr. 15, 85748 Garching, Germany; annalena.thurn@tum.de (A.-L.T.); sebastian.gerwald@tum.de (S.G.) 
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