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Labfors Photobioreactor

At BCCM/DCG, controllable and repeatable growth experiments with diatoms and other micro-algae can be set up using the Labfors Photobioreactor.

This device allows control over a various range of abiotic parameters, all of which are logged continuously:

  • pH
  • CO2
  • O2
  • light (color and intensity)
  • mixing (speed of stirrer and volume of compressed air)
  • temperature
  • feed

The entire setup is programmable using Iris software, to create:

  • day-night cycle
  • feeding regimes
  • pH control by CO2
  • light curves with specific intensity changes