Authors : Hilal Kargin Yilmaz, Ozlem Sezgin and Mahitap D. Duru
Abstract: In this study, Dry Chicken Manure (DCM) was used as the source of nitrogen in the production of Spirulina platensis. In the course of the experiment, the rate of the culture volume was adjusted to 10 L and the preliminary use of algae concentration was adjusted as being 500 filament mL-1. The study was conducted in two different nutrition medium for 10 days with discontinuous production mode. First nutrition medium was constituted by adding the following respectively, II: group 2 mg L-1 urea; III: group 2 mg L-1 urea and 40 mg L-1 sodium bicarbonate; IV: group 40 mg L-1 sodium bicarbonate. Second nutrition medium was constituted by adding the following respectively, II: group 1 mg L-1 urea; III: group 1 mg L-1 urea and 20 mg L-1 sodium bicarbonate; IV: group 20 mg L-1 sodium bicarbonate. The 1 group of both nutrition mediums contains only chicken manure. The fat and fatty acid analyses of S. platensis which is obtained in the nutrition medium had been conducted. Statistically, no kind of discrepancy was noted between the two different nutrition mediums in terms of lipid levels (p>0.05). In the study, basic fat acids are determined as follows: capric acid (C10:0), lauric asid (C12:0), myristic acid (C14:0), myristoleic acid (C14:1), palmitic acid (C16:0), palmitoleic acid (C16:1), heptadecanoic acid (C17:0), Cis-10 heptadecenoic acid (C17:1), stearic acid (C18:0), oleic acid (C18:1ω9), linoleic acid (C18:2ω6), gamma linolenic acid (C18:3ω6), alfa linolenic acid (C18:3ω3).
Hilal Kargin Yilmaz, Ozlem Sezgin and Mahitap D. Duru, 2015. The Effects of Different Nutrition Medium on Fat and Fatty Acid Composition of Spirulina platensis. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 14: 125-129.