Effect of organic carbon source and nutrient depletion on the simultaneous production of a high value bioplastic and a specialty pigment by Arthrospira platensis

Many studies have shown enhanced production of single high value products from microalgal cultivation can be achieved by employing nutrient limitation and/or organic carbon supplementation. The possibility of exploiting multiple high value microalgal biosynthetic products has rarely been examined, even though it is widely acknowledged that such systems are likely to improve the economics of chemical production from this source. The co-production...