Table 1.
Composition of clarified buffalo mozzarella cheese whey used for the cultivation of S. platensis.
Fig 1.
Growth curve of S. platensis grown on autotrophic Zarrouk medium and mixotrophic medium supplemented with buffalo mozzarella cheese whey at concentrations of 2.5%, 5.0% and 10.0%.
The error bars represent the standard deviations (n = 3).
Fig 2.
Productivity of S. platensis grown on autotrophic Zarrouk medium and mixotrophic medium supplemented with buffalo mozzarella cheese whey on the 4th day of growth.
The error bars represent the standard deviations (n = 3).
Table 2.
Maximum biomass concentration (Xmax), maximum yield (Ymax) and specific growth rate (μ) of S. platensis.
Fig 3.
pH, which was monitored every 24 hours in S. platensis cultures grown in Zarrouk autotrophic medium and mixotrophic medium supplemented with buffalo mozzarella cheese whey.
The error bars represent the standard deviations (n = 3).
Table 3.
Biochemical composition of S. platensis biomass cultivated in autotrophic growth medium and mixotrophic growth medium with the addition of buffalo mozzarella cheese whey.
Fig 4.
Influence of the whey percentage on the synthesis of carbohydrates and proteins by S. platensis.
The error bars represent the standard deviations (n = 3).
Table 4.
The fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) profiles (percentage of total FAMEs) present in S. platensis biomass cultured in autotrophic medium and mixotrophic medium with the addition of buffalo mozzarella cheese whey.
Table 5.
Total extractable phenolic content.
Table 6.
Antioxidant activity of S. platensis by the ABST•+ (2,2'-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzothiazolin)-6-sulfonic acid) free radical scavenging method and by FRAP ferric reduction.