SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND, METHODS FOR RELEASING BIOMASS CELL COMPONENTS
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1. A method for releasing a cell component from a photosynthetic organism, comprising:
- contacting the photosynthetic organism with an energy-activatable sensitizer; and
activating the energy-activatable sensitizer, thereby releasing a cellular component from at least one of a membrane structure, tubule, vesicle, cisterna, organelle, cell compartment, plastid, or mitochondrion, associated with the photosynthetic organisms.
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Abstract
Systems, devices, and methods for releasing one or more cell components from a photosynthetic organism. A bioreactor system is operable for growing photosynthetic organisms. Some of the methods include contacting the photosynthetic organism with an energy-activatable sensitizer, and activating the energy-activatable sensitizer, thereby releasing a cellular component from at least one of, for example, a membrane structure, tubule, vesicle, cisterna, organelle, cell compartment, plastid, or mitochondrion, associated with the photosynthetic organisms.
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1. A method for releasing a cell component from a photosynthetic organism, comprising:
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contacting the photosynthetic organism with an energy-activatable sensitizer; and activating the energy-activatable sensitizer, thereby releasing a cellular component from at least one of a membrane structure, tubule, vesicle, cisterna, organelle, cell compartment, plastid, or mitochondrion, associated with the photosynthetic organisms. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for releasing a cellular component of a photosynthetic organism, comprising:
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a bioreactor comprising; a container having an exterior surface and an interior surface, the interior surface defining an isolated space configured to retain a plurality of photosynthetic organisms and cultivation media, and a first lighting system comprising one or more energy-emitting substrates received in the isolated space of the container, each having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the one or more energy-emitting substrates configured to supply a first amount of energy from the first surface and a second amount of energy from the second surface to at least some of a plurality of photosynthetic organisms retained in the isolated space; and cultivation media for sustaining a plurality of photosynthetic organisms, the cultivation media comprising at least one photosensitizer; wherein the first lighting system is operable to selectively emit energy having a peak emission wavelength ranging from about 400 nm to about 780 nm during a first period of time, and operable to selectively emit energy having a peak emission wavelength ranging from about 200 nm to about 400 nm during a second period of time, different than the first. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A composition for releasing one or more growth factors, amino acids, nucleic acids, carotenoids, bioflavinoids, carbohydrates, chlorophylls, enzymes and co-enzymes, fatty acids, lipids, minerals, nucleic acids, pigments, proteins, and/or vitamins from an algal biomass into a collection medium, the composition comprising:
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a plurality of energy-activatable photosensitizers, the energy-activatable photosensitizers activatable by absorption of light, sonic, ultrasonic, thermal, and/or chemical energy; a permeabilizer to promote absorption of the energy-activatable photosensitizers by the algal biomass. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A process for producing and recovering one or more cell components from culture media including a plurality of photosynthetic organisms, comprising:
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inducing a dielectric change in the culture media, the induced dielectric change sufficient to induce photo-oxidative stress of a substantial portion of the plurality of photosynthetic organisms; and recovering the cultivation media comprising the one or more cell components. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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