The culture medium for the runs was the final textile effluent
itself, which was used after dilution according to a Factorial
Design. Algal cells were inoculated at a concentration of 20%
(Vinoculation/Vmedia) in 500 ml Erlenmeyer flasks incubated at a
thermo-statically controlled environmental chamber at
25± 1 C with a luminance of 3.000 lux and with a 12 hours
light/dark photoperiod (Tanticharoen et al., 1994) for 15 days.
The experiment was carried out in triplicate and average values
were recorded.