Fig 1.
Geometric dimensions of the reactor (Unit: mm).
Table 1.
Turbulent dissipation rate and Kolmogorov microscale in different levels of rotation speed estimated by the CFD hydrodynamic model.
Table 2.
The specific growth rates of M. flos-aquae and A. flos-aquae under different levels of turbulence.
Fig 2.
Changes in the maximum electron transfer rate (ETRmax) (a), Fv/Fm (b) and cellular chlorophyll a (Chla) (c) of M. flos-aquae and A. flos-aquae at different turbulent dissipation rate levels in the logarithmic growth phase. The data are the mean ± SD (n = 3).
Fig 3.
The time course of soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP) in the culture medium of M. flos-aquae (a) and A. flos-aquae(b) at different turbulent dissipation rate levels.
The data are the mean ± SD (n = 3).
Fig 4.
Uptake rate for phosphate and polyphosphate content of M. flos-aquae (a) and A. flos-aquae (b) cultured at different turbulent dissipation rate levels in the logarithmic growth phase.
The data are the mean ± SD (n = 3).
Table 3.
Cellular stoichiometry of M. flos-aquae and A. flos-aquae under different levels of turbulence in the logarithmic growth phase.
Fig 5.
Box and whisker plots (a) and frequency distribution (b) of A. flos-aquae filament length as a response to various turbulence intensities at the end of the test.
a, filament lengths are presented in box plots showing the 5, 10, 25, 50, 75, 90 and 95 percentiles; whiskers represent minimum and maximum values, and dots inside the boxes are the mean values.