%0 Journal Article %T Aplicaci¨®n de estrategias nutricionales y su efecto en el crecimiento en el cultivo continuo de Spirulina (Arthrospira platensis) %A Rojas %A Elizabet %A ¨¢vila %A Marcela %A Parada %A Gustavo %J Latin american journal of aquatic research %D 2012 %I Pontificia Universidad Cat¨®lica de Valpara¨ªso %R 103856/vol40-issue3-fulltext-23 %X a continuous culture of spirulina (arthrospira platensis) was performed for 78 in a tubular photobioreactor of 300 l volume. during this period there was growth in biomass and crop response to the strategy of adding the nutrient medium. using as a basis the modified zarrouk medium, three nutritive combinations were elaborated: initial medium (mi), growth medium (sa1+sa2) and maintenance medium (sb1+sb2) for different crop stages. the media delivery is affected gradually and in accordance with requirements of growing biomass (dry weight) daily cultivation. the initial crop biomass was 2.0 g l-1, on day 20 of culture was made the first partial harvest (50%) starting a new stage of the crop with an initial biomass of 1.7 g l-1' 20 days after a second crop was partially culture initiating a third culture step with a biomass of 1.6 g l-1. the results obtained after harvest were, on the average, 3.7; 4.1 and 9.7 g l-1 respectively. the proximal analysis was performed at the end of the continuous cultivation showed a 71.6% of protein content. %K arthrospira platensis %K spirulina %K nutrient medium %K growth %K culture %K chile. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-560X2012000300023&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en