caa a22 4500 44538512X CHVBK 20180317143030.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10924-011-0351-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10924-011-0351-z Production and Rheological Studies of Microalgal Extracellular Biopolymer from Lactose Using the Green Alga Neochloris oleoabundans [Elektronische Daten] [Nan Wu, Yanqun Li, Christopher Lan] It was discovered that a green alga strain had the capacity of producing up to 5g/L high viscosity biopolymers from lactose under mixotrophic cultivation conditions. The weight-average molecular weight of the polymer was determined to be around 505,000 Da. The ability of this strain to utilize lactose for biopolymer production promises the potential of valuable biopolymer production from cheese whey, a waste liquor stream of the cheese industry that contains approximately 50g/L lactose. Using Plackett-Burnman experiment design and statistical analysis, it was determined that the major parameters affecting biopolymer production were the concentrations of sodium nitrate and lactose and temperature as well. Further studies on polymer characterization, production optimization, and applications are under way. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2011 Neochloris oleoabundans nationallicence Extracellular polymer nationallicence Rheological properties nationallicence Enhanced oil recovery nationallicence Wu Nan Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada aut Li Yanqun Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada aut Lan Christopher Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada aut Journal of Polymers and the Environment Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 19/4(2011-12-01), 935-942 1566-2543 19:4<935 2011 19 10924 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-011-0351-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-011-0351-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wu Nan Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Li Yanqun Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lan Christopher Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Polymers and the Environment Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 19/4(2011-12-01), 935-942 1566-2543 19:4<935 2011 19 10924 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer