The breeding of Arthrospira platensis mutants with good quality and high yield induced by space flight

Arthrospira platensis mutant PNK-2 had been bred from A. platensis mutants which had been induced by space flight. PNK-2, with good quality and high yield, suits for outdoor large scale production. Comparing with the initial ST-6: the helix number of PNK-2 was 12∼18; the average length of algae body, thread pitch, helix width, diameter of trichome and the rate of large-scale production were 764.31μm, 52.98μm, 18.75μm, 6.02μm and 10g·(m2·d)-1 respectively; the increasing rate was 166.52%, 5.88%, 8.19%, 12.31% and 22.89% respectively. The content of protein, chlorophyll, β-Carotene and phycocyanin in PNK-2 were 69.57%, 1.01%, 0.16% and 14.70% respectively; the raising rate were 8.31%, 8.60%, 6.67% and 6.68% respectively. the γ-linolenic acid content of PNK-2 was 0.63%, reducing 3.08%. The results showed that PNK-2 was a new A.platensis strain with good quality and high yield. (author)