The impact of media composition and pH on the biomass production of Chlorella vulgaris

Algal biomass is considered as a third generation biomass which does not require arable land for cultivation, typically has a high productivity and can be converted in to a wide variety of energy carriers. Chlorella vulgaris was studied for their adaptability to various culture conditions under the influence of pH, various media and growth process optimization by standard methods. Algal growth optimum temperature was between 25–30 ºC. It was also observed that optimized pH is suitable for algal growth at pH 7 and the algae was able to grow at maximum with dry weights of 0.586±0.074 g/L in Modified Bolds 3N medium at 12th day.