Extended Data Fig. 8: Cost optimization.
From: Development of spirulina for the manufacture and oral delivery of protein therapeutics
a. Cost components of cGMP biomass production. b. Spirulina productivity is a function of light intensity and is empirically determined in the described system with SP1182 as the production organism and with current operating parameters. Cost per unit biomass includes labor, capitalized cost of operating lighting system (varies by light intensity), and capitalized costs of other upstream components (independent of light intensity). Minimal cost per unit biomass was achieved at a light intensity of approximately 100 μmol/m2/sec.
