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Abstract Symbiotic dinoflagellates of the species Amphidi- growth rate. The maximum specific growth rate was
nium are expected to be pharmaceutically useful microalgae 0.022 h−1 at a temperature of 26°C and O2 concentration of
because they produce antitumor macrolides. A microalgae 5%, and the specific growth rate was saturated at a CO2
production system with a large number of cells at a high concentration of 0.05%, a photosynthetic photon flux density
density has been developed for the efficient production of of 35 μmol photons m−2 s−1 and a photoperiod of 12 h day−1
macrolide compounds. In the present study, the effects of upon increasing each environmental parameter. The results
culture conditions on the cellular growth rate of dinoflagel- demonstrate that Amphidinium species can multiply efficient-
lates were investigated to determine the optimum culture ly under conditions of relatively low light intensity and low
conditions for obtaining high yields of microalgae. Amphidi- O2 concentration.
nium species was cultured under conditions with six
temperature levels (21–35°C), six levels of photosynthetic Keywords Algae . Amphidinium sp. . Photosynthetic photon
photon flux density (15–70 μmol photons m−2 s−1), three flux density . Specific growth rate . Symbiotic dinoflagellate .
levels of CO2 concentration (0.02–0.1%), and three levels of Temperature
O2 concentration (0.2–21%). The number of cells cultured in
a certain volume of solution was monitored microscopically
and the cellular growth rate was expressed as the specific Introduction
(x 5)
(a) (b)
expected to be good candidates for antitumor drugs with a cells and a rapid turnover rate, the appropriate combination
novel mechanism of action because their chemical structure of environmental parameters needs to be determined.
is unlike that of conventional anticancer materials. Never- This research was initiated to optimize culture
theless, development of these compounds as anticancer condition for symbiotic Amphidinium production. The
drugs has not been smooth due to limited sample amounts. present study is a starting point for the optimization of the
Development of a production system for Amphidinium culture. Effects of variable culture conditions on the cell
cells separated from Amphiscolops is desirable in order to growth rate of dinoflagellates were investigated to
produce macrolide compounds efficiently. However, the determine the potentially optimum culture conditions for
construction of a mass culture system for Amphidinium obtaining high yields of this microalga. Effects of
production has not yet been established because environ- temperature, photosynthetic photon flux density, photope-
mental control of the mass culture of Amphidinium cells at riod and CO2 and O2 concentrations on growth rates of
a high density is difficult using conventional culture dinoflagellate cells were assessed using a hanging-drop
methods. Microalgal cell growth rates are affected by culture system.
environmental parameters such as temperature, light inten-
sity and period, and gas composition in the culture system,
as well as the combination of all these factors. Few papers Materials and methods
have focused on environmental control of cell cultures of
symbiotic Amphidinium. In order to establish a symbiotic The dinoflagellate Amphidinium sp. (strain HYA002) was
Amphidinium production system with a large number of separated from the internal cells of the marine acoel
Water droplets
including
dinoflagellate cells
Wet paper
Cross sectional view Silicon rubber
for sealing
10 mm
J Appl Phycol (2008) 20:737–742 739
flatworm Amphiscolops sp. (Fig. 1), which was collected Enrichment concentrations (0–2%) and four levels of
off Sunabe beach, Okinawa, Japan (Oguchi et al. 2007). NaHCO3 concentrations (0–10 mmol) to determine the
The voucher specimen and the SSU rDNA gene are chemical composition of the basal culture solution.
deposited at the Center for Advanced Marine Core In the main experiment, Amphidinium was cultured at six
Research, Kochi University. different temperatures (21–35°C), four photosynthetic
The experimental system for evaluating the effects of photon flux densities (PPFD, 15–70 μmol photons m−2
environmental variables on the growth rate of microalgal s−1; measured on the inner surface of plastic cover of the
cells is shown in Fig. 2. The culture system was set up with hanging-drop culture device), three photoperiods (6–24 h),
a hanging-drop culture device according to the procedure three CO2 concentrations (0.02–0.1%), and three O2
reported by Kitaya et al. (1998, 2005). Amphidinium cells concentrations (0.2–21%). The light source was fluorescent
were cultured in water droplets (3 μL in volume each) in a lamps (FPL55EX-N, Matsushita Electric, Osaka, Japan).
vessel (100 mL in volume). Each water droplet is held on the PPFD was controlled by covering each vessel with
surface of a translucent plastic plate and contains initially neutral shading films.
about ten Amphidinium cells. The culture vessel is complete-
ly sealed after placing water droplets with Amphidinium cells
and controlling the internal CO2 and O2 concentrations at set Results
levels. The vessel was sealed in a box in which the gas
composition had been controlled beforehand. Changes in the Cells multiplied almost exponentially by cell division in
gas composition in the vessel were almost negligible during both the conventional culture and the hanging-drop culture
the experiment. The number of water droplets in each (Fig. 3). The cell density reached about 6.6×104 cells mL−1
treatment was at least five. The vessel was submerged in in the conventional culture, while the cell density and total
water at constant temperature. The water layer above the number of cells per hanging droplet were about 3.3×104
vessel cut out long-wave radiation from the light source, cells mL−1 and 98 cells per hanging droplet, respectively,
which would otherwise cause a heat load inside the vessel. 144 h after starting the culture. Specific growth rates
Wet paper inside the vessel kept the relative humidity at determined with the hanging-drop culture and the conven-
almost 100% and thus inhibited evaporation from the water tional culture methods showed good correlation (r=0.97) as
droplets. The basal culture solution was sea water. Provasoli’s shown in Fig. 4. It was confirmed that the specific growth
Marine Water Enrichment solution (Provasoli 1963) as a rate can be estimated accurately with the water droplet
supplemental nutrition, and NaHCO3 as a carbon source for method. Specific growth rates increased significantly with
photosynthesis, were mixed with the basal culture solution. increasing concentration of Provasoli’s Marine Water
The initial pH in the culture solution was adjusted to 7.5. Enrichment solution from 0 to 0.5% and then gradually
The salinity of the culture solution was adjusted to 3.3%.
The number of dinoflagellate cells in each water droplet
was counted with a microscope at 70x magnification. The
specific growth rate was used as a standardized index for 8
the growth rate of cells. The specific growth rate (μ) was Conventional culture
7
determined in the logarithmic multiplication stage by the
cell density (x10 4 mL-1)
0.03
0.01
0.02
y = 0.8984x + 0.009 0
0.01 0 5 10 15
r2 = 0.936
NaHCO3 concentration (mmol)
0 Fig. 6 Effects of NaHCO3 concentrations on specific growth rates of
0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 Amphidinium cells. Vertical bars on plots indicate standard deviations
(n=10). Temperature: 28°C, O2 concentration: 5%, CO2 concentra-
µ determined with the hanging-drop method (h-1) tion: 0.05%, PPFD: 50 μmol photons m−2 s−1, photoperiod: 24 h
Fig. 4 Specific growth rates (μ) of Amphidinium cells determined day−1
with the hanging-drop culture and the conventional container culture
methods. Volumes of culture media were 3 μL and 800 mL in the
hanging-drop culture method and the conventional culture method, Specific growth rates doubled with increasing tempera-
respectively. Means with standard deviations are shown (n=3–10) ture from 21 to 26°C, and decreased with increasing
temperature from 29 to 35°C (Fig. 7). The optimum
increased at concentrations higher than 0.5%, although temperature was 24–29°C .
there were no significant differences among the treatments Specific growth rates increased significantly by 50%
(Fig. 5). Specific growth rates slightly increased with with increasing PPFD from 15 to 35 μmol photons m−2 s−1
increasing NaHCO3 concentration from 0 to 2.5 mmol and reached a constant value at PPFD values greater than
and then decreased significantly at NaHCO3 concentrations 35 μmol photons m−2 s−1 under continuous light (Fig. 8).
higher than 5 mmol (Fig. 6). The optimum NaHCO3 Specific growth rates increased significantly by 80% with
concentration for cell division was thus in the range of increasing photoperiod from 6 to 12 h day−1 and reached an
2.5–5 mmol. Therefore, 1% Provasoli’s Marine Water almost constant value at photoperiods of 12 to 24 h day−1
Enrichment solution and 5 mmol NaHCO3 were used as (Fig. 9).
basic supplements in the experiment for assessing appro- Specific growth rates tended to increase slightly with
priate culture conditions. increasing CO2 concentration from 0.002 to 0.05%, and
0.03
0.03
Specific growth rate (h-1)
0.02
0.02
0.01
LSD (p<0.05) 0.01
LSD (p<0.05)
0
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 0
20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36
Concentration of PMWE (%) o
Fig. 5 Effects of Provasoli’s Marine Water Enrichment concentration Temperature ( C)
on specific growth rates of Amphidinium cells. Vertical bars on plots Fig. 7 Effects of medium solution temperatures on specific growth
indicate standard deviations (n=10). Temperature: 28°C, O2 concen- rates of Amphidinium cells. Vertical bars on plots indicate standard
tration: 5%, CO2 concentration: 0.05%, photosynthetic photon flux deviations (n=10). O2 concentration: 5%, CO2 concentration: 0.05%,
density (PPFD): 50 μmol photons m−2 s−1, photoperiod: 24 h day−1 PPFD: 50 μmol photons m−2 s−1, photoperiod: 24 h day−1
J Appl Phycol (2008) 20:737–742 741
0.03 0.03
0.02 0.02
0
0 0 0.05 0.10 0.15
0 20 40 60 80
-2 -1
PPFD (µmol m s ) CO2 concentration (%)
Fig. 8 Effects of PPFD on specific growth rates of Amphidinium Fig. 10 Specific growth rates of Amphidinium cells as affected by
cells. Vertical bars on plots indicate standard deviations (n=10). CO2 concentrations with or without NaHCO3 in the medium solution.
Temperature: 26°C, O2 concentration: 5%, CO2 concentration: 0.05%, Vertical bars on plots indicate standard deviations (n=10). Tempera-
photoperiod: 24 h day−1 ture: 26°C, O2 concentration: 5%, PPFD: 40 μmol photons m−2 s−1,
photoperiod: 24 h day−1
0.03
0.03
Specific growth rate (h-1)
LSD (p<0.05)
Specific growth rate (h-1)
0.02
0.02
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