Alternative Use of Waste Material (Egg Shell) for Creation of Spirulina Alga (Spirulina platensis) as an Ecologically Sweet Method | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries | ||
| Article 70, Volume 29, Issue 2, March and April 2025, Pages 1119-1137 PDF (367.97 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejabf.2025.418549 | ||
| Author | ||
| Rahman et al. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The study was conducted to find out the suitable concentration of egg shell powder for maximum growth of Spirulina platensis. In this work, Kosaric medium (KM) were used as control media while three different eggshell powder medium (ESPM) concentrations (25, 50, and 75%) were used to assess Spirulina platensis growth and culture performance. For a period of 20 days, each experiment was carried out in triplicates under fluorescent lighting in a situation of light: dark (12 : 12h). Every other day, measurements of the S. platensis treatments' cell weight and chlorophyll concentration were made. S. platensis was cultivated in KM media with eggshell in place of NaHCO3, and the growth rate varied. The initial cell weight was 1.89mg/ L, reaching a maximum cell weight grown in KM, and 0.036 to 0.245mg/ L in medium contained 75% NaHCO3 and 25% eggshell powder, 0.0042 to 0.0242g/ L in medium contained 50% NaHCO3 and 50% egg shell powder, and 0.0039 to 0.033mg/ L in medium contained 25% NaHCO3 and 75% egg shell powder. At the 16th day of growth, the S. platensis had a chlorophyll a content of 0.034mg/ L, which had increased to 1.983mg/ L when grown in KM and 0.415mg/ L in medium made up of 75% NaHCO3 and 25% egg shell powder. When compared to conventional KM, this medium concentration produced results that were satisfactory. This fluctuation in nutrient contents and the amount of egg shell powder likely resulted from variations in the nature of the medium. Therefore, it is inferred that the medium concentration that substituted 25% egg shell powder for NaHCO3 is appropriate and beneficial for the growth of S. platensis. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Spirulina; Aquaculture; Growth Performance; Egg shell; Chlorophyll a | ||
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