Cultivation of Spirulina (Arthrospira) maxima for Quality Standardization and Sustainable Biomass Production in Jeju Island, Korea

Abstract

Spirulina (Arthrospira) are 3.6B year old cyanobacterium and inhabits in alkaline aquatic ecosystem from freshwater to seawater. As a sustainable primary producers, and have been studied on various aspects centered by bio-industry and environmental bioremediation. Spirulina are representative a functional source as a bio-industrial biomass that can be consumed by humans in the world. Spirulina are used as dietary supplements not only in the form of a whole food but also in the form of tablet, flake and powder. In this study, S. maxima were cultured in the medium with four open raceway ponds (5 ton pond-1) established at Jeju Research Institute in KIOST to identify the stability and safety of chemical cell components according to the standard rules of Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) under serial batch conditions. From March to October 2018 (Lot#1