Date of Award
2019
Degree Name
Chemistry
College
College of Science
Type of Degree
M.S.
Document Type
Thesis
First Advisor
Dr. Derrick R.J. Kolling, Committee Chairperson
Second Advisor
Dr. B. Scott Day
Third Advisor
Dr. Brian Antonsen
Abstract
Chlorella vulgaris is a unicellular green algae grown throughout the world. Due to its multiple trophic modes as well as its ability to maintain high rates of growth under adverse conditions, it has been of global interest for use in ecological contamination studies, biofuel feedstock optimization, and studies of photosynthetic electron transfer. Using a wide-range of methods for physiological and photosynthetic characterization, the studies within seek to further extend the usefulness of C. vulgaris in a variety of environmentally important studies. Once the protocols were optimized specifically for this alga, they could be applied in both ecologically relevant and biodiesel optimization scenarios. Additionally, the reliance on the photosynthetic reactions for a large portion of their energy production enables further investigation into photosynthetic mechanisms under stress.
Subject(s)
Algae -- Ecology.
Environmental sciences.
Genetic engineering.
Recommended Citation
Smythers, Amanda Louise, "Characterizing the effects of environmental stressors on the photosynthetic capacity of Chlorella vulgaris" (2019). Theses, Dissertations and Capstones. 1221.
https://mds.marshall.edu/etd/1221
