The role of physical chemical parameters on diatoms growth

Diatoms are the major group of phytoplankton. They are used in many applications such as dye sensitized solar cell, photovoltaic cells, biomonitoring, ante-mortem and post-mortem analysis etc. They can be grown in the artificial environment by providing all the necessary requirements. The requirements provided are standard. Variety of environmental factors can affect the growth as well as the cellular composition of the diatom both in the natural as well as in the artificial conditions. The quality of water is also checked by the diatoms by acting as bioindicators. This study is going to show the effect of various micro and macronutrient on the growth of diatom. Tested diatoms will show different lipid accumulation to the variations of the nutrients supplied to them. Optimum concentration of the nutrients is selected for a given species and then the variations are to be noticed for the test samples. Extensive optimization of the macro and micronutrients concentration will also offer various benefits of the decreased material inputs and waste generation, improved biomass productivity, and overall cost saving.