Photobioreactor cell culture systems, methods for preconditioning photosynthetic organisms, and cultures of photosynthetic organisms produced thereby
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1. A method comprising acts of:
- exposing a liquid medium comprising at least one species of photosynthetic organisms therein to a defined set of growth conditions, which are selected to simulate conditions to which the photosynthetic organisms will subsequently be exposed in a photobioreactor, to precondition the photosynthetic organisms to the defined set of growth conditions, the step of exposing being performed over a period sufficient for the photosynthetic organisms to undergo multiple generational natural selection and adaptation;
harvesting photosynthetic organisms preconditioned in the exposing step; and
inoculating a photobioreactor with at least a portion of the harvested photosynthetic organisms.
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Abstract
Certain embodiments of the invention involve methods and systems for preselecting, adapting, and preconditioning one or more species of photosynthetic organisms, such as algae, to specific environmental and/or operating conditions to which the photosynthetic organisms will subsequently be exposed during utilization in a photobioreactor apparatus of a gas treatment system. Also disclosed are new algal strains and cultures that can be produced by practicing the preselection, adaption, and preconditioning methods.
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1. A method comprising acts of:
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exposing a liquid medium comprising at least one species of photosynthetic organisms therein to a defined set of growth conditions, which are selected to simulate conditions to which the photosynthetic organisms will subsequently be exposed in a photobioreactor, to precondition the photosynthetic organisms to the defined set of growth conditions, the step of exposing being performed over a period sufficient for the photosynthetic organisms to undergo multiple generational natural selection and adaptation; harvesting photosynthetic organisms preconditioned in the exposing step; and inoculating a photobioreactor with at least a portion of the harvested photosynthetic organisms. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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