Rapid estimation of lipid content in an Antarctic ice alga (Chlamydomonas sp.) using the lipophilic fluorescent dye BODIPY505/515
2012
Mou, Shanli | Xu, Dong | Ye, Naihao | Zhang, Xiaowen | Liang, Chengwei | Liang, Qiang | Zheng, Zhou | Zhuang, Zhimeng | Miao, Jinlai
Chlamydomonas sp. ICE-L, isolated from Antarctic coastal marine environments, was selected as a high lipid producer, which may be useful for biodiesel production. The lipophilic fluorescent dye BODIPY505/515 was used to determine the algal lipid content. Lipid bodies stained with BODIPY505/515 have a characteristic green fluorescence, and their volumes were determined using the sphere volume formula. In this study, lipid accumulation by Chlamydomonas ICE-L was analyzed under different cultivation conditions (nitrogen deficiency and UV-B radiation). The results demonstrated that nitrogen deficiency and UV-B radiation could significantly promote the accumulation of lipid content per cell. The highest yields of total lipid content (reaching 84 μL L−1) were obtained in full Provasoli medium after 12 days of cultivation, but not in the nitrogen-deficient medium. The inoculum used in this experiment was obtained from the late-exponential growth phase. The main reason was that the cell numbers in nitrogen-deficient medium had not increased and total lipid contents were offset by the lower growth rate. Considering the high lipid content in Chlamydomonas sp. ICE-L, this alga might be a promising alternative species for production of microalgal oil for the production of renewable biodiesel in the future.
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