TY - NEWS TI - Optimization of Phycobiliprotein Solubilization from a Thermotolerant Oscillatoria sp AU - Barajas Solano, andres F AB - The present study evaluated the effect of multiple variables (drying time, drying temperature, biomass/solvent ratio, glass beads/biomass ratio, extraction time, and extraction speed) in the solubilization of three different phycobiliproteins (C-PC, APC, and PE) from a thermotolerant Oscillatoria sp. The strain was grown in BG11 media (28 ◦C, light: dark cycle of 12:12 h at 100 µmol·m−2 ·s −1 , 20 days) and the experiments were conducted according to a two-level randomized factorial design with six center points (38 runs). Results show that biomass/solvent ratio, glass beads/biomass ratio, and extraction time, are the most significant variables in the extraction of all three proteins, whereas the glass beads/biomass ratio and extraction time significantly affect their purity. The optimized conditions allow a statistical increase in the concentration of C-PC, APC, and PE extracted from the biomass; however, the purity was lower in comparison with the expected value. The latter occurs due to a larger biomass/solvent ratio and longer extraction times, which enhanced the solubility of other hydrophilic metabolites (proteins and carbohydrates, etc.). DA - 2022-04-24 KW - surface response methodology KW - allophycocyanin KW - phycocyanin KW - phycoerythrin KW - drying KW - biomass/solvent ratio KW - cell lysis PB - Processes UR - https://repositorio.ufps.edu.co/handle/ufps/6535 ER -