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Thailand – Japan Student Science Fair 2020 (TJ-SSF 2020)
“Seeding Innovations through Fostering Thailand – Japan Youth Friendship”

Control of Light Quality to Increase Protein Contained in Euglena

Yuma Bono , Yuta Morikawa , Sawaka Tsusima
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Advisor: Fumio Nakaya
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Tennoji Senior High School
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Osaka Kyoiku University
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Abstract
In the near future, protein supply is expected to be deficient due to the rapid population growth and
change in global eating habits by spread of Western diets and increase in meatatarian. As a solution to
this problem, we think euglena can be used as a new protein source. From previous research, euglena
has more than 59 kinds of nutrients and is easy for human beings to digest. Therefore, we focused on
proteins contained in euglena. We hypothesized the amount of those proteins would depend on the
amount of photons or the colors of light that euglena gets. To test this hypothesis, after culturing
euglena, its protein quantification was performed using a spectrophotometer. As a result, we found that
photons and light colors affect the amount of protein contained in euglena.

Keywords: Euglena, Contained Protein, Protein Quantification, Light Quality, Photosynthesis

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