Algal Biotechnology
A state-of-the-art laboratory for algal biotechnology has been set up at the Center complete with basic infrastructure with a sun-lit environmental chamber, 1000L and 5000L Raceway ponds with novel designs (1m depth) as well as set of 10L controlled photobioreactors, all equipped with microprocessor based SCADA controlled systems. Numbers of algal including cyanobacterial species have been screened for their real-time photosynthetic efficiencies using Pulse Amplitude Modulator Fluorimeter (PAM). Promising candidates are being studied for improvement in biomass and/or oil productivity.
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