The invention relates to the technical field of microbial culture, in particular to a heterotrophic culture method of
benthic diatom, which comprises the following steps: S1, adding
benthic diatom into an improved SE culture medium, and culturing for 5-7 days until OD540 is 0.8-1.2 to obtain a
benthic diatom seed solution; according to the method disclosed by the invention, a
nutrition system is constructed by taking waste
glycerol as a
carbon source and
sodium alginate
coated urea as a slow-release
nitrogen source, and the benthic
diatom,
nitrogen-fixing
bacteria and
phosphate solubilizing
bacteria are co-cultured on a porous
ceramic carrier to be cultured under a dark condition, so that compared with the prior art, the method disclosed by the invention thoroughly gets rid of the dependence on illumination, and the yield is increased. The rapid, high-yield and stable heterotrophic culture of the benthic
diatom is realized, meanwhile, the
raw material and
energy consumption cost is greatly reduced, and the resource recycling rate is improved; the obtained
diatom biomass can be used for aquatic bait, biological energy,
environmental restoration and development of high-added-value products, and has a wide industrial application prospect.