Phototrophic cultivation of Chlorella vulgaris in the BioLector XT microbioreactor

In this application note, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences presents phototrophic cultivation of Chlorella vulgaris in the BioLecter XT microbioreactor. Here, the BioLector XT microbioreactor was equipped with a sophisticated illumination module to enable parallel, phototrophic cultivations in up to 48 microwells, and specialized filter modules were designed to allow for the online, non-invasive measurement of important cultivation parameters like biomass, chlorophyll concentration and pH.