Massive Influx of Pelagic Sargassum spp. on the Coasts of the Mexican Caribbean 2014–2020: Challenges and Opportunities

V Chávez, A Uribe-Martínez, E Cuevas… - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
Since late 2014, the Mexican Caribbean coast has periodically received massive, atypical
influxes of pelagic Sargassum spp.(sargasso). Negative impacts associated with these …

Algae application in civil construction: A review with focus on the potential uses of the pelagic Sargassum spp. biomass

JA Rossignolo, AJFP Duran, C Bueno… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pelagic Sargassum, usually found at the Sargasso Sea and the Western portion of the North
Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, has been detected in many new locations through the tropical …

[HTML][HTML] Guiding stars to the field of dreams: Metabolically engineered pathways and microbial platforms for a sustainable lignin-based industry

F Weiland, M Kohlstedt, C Wittmann - Metabolic engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignin is an important structural component of terrestrial plants and is readily generated
during biomass fractionation in lignocellulose processing facilities. Due to lacking …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into the biosynthesis pathway of phenolic compounds in microalgae

A Del Mondo, C Sansone, C Brunet - Computational and Structural …, 2022 - Elsevier
Among the most relevant bioactive molecules family, phenolic compounds (PCs) are well
known in higher plants, while their knowledge in microalgae is still scarce. Microalgae …

Opportunities Surrounding the Use of Sargassum Biomass as Precursor of Biogas, Bioethanol, and Biodiesel Production

JG Orozco-González, F Amador-Castro… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Climate change (along with other factors) has caused an increase in the proliferation of
brown algal mats floating freely along the Atlantic Ocean since 2011. These brown algae …

Scale-up of hydrothermal processing: Liquid hot water and pilot-scale tubular steam explosion batch reactor for bioethanol production using macroalgae Sargassum …

KD González-Gloria, RM Rodríguez-Jasso… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sargassum spp. is a biomass that can potentially use as an alternative for bioethanol
production. Hydrothermal processes (liquid hot water and steam explosion pretreatment) …

Environmental impact of Sargassum spp. landings: an evaluation of leachate released from natural decomposition at Mexican Caribbean coast

E Olguin-Maciel, RM Leal-Bautista… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Large volumes of pelagic Sargassum spp. have stranded periodically on the Mexican
Caribbean shoreline. The aim of this research was to study the mobility of metals through the …

[HTML][HTML] An analysis of arsenic concentrations associated with sargassum influx events in Barbados

KST Alleyne, F Neat, HA Oxenford - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
Tropical Atlantic blooms of pelagic Sargassum spp. present major socioeconomic and
ecological challenges for Caribbean and West African nations. Valorisation of sargassum …

Cell wall polysaccharide changes and involvement of phenolic compounds in ageing of Red haricot beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) during postharvest storage

D Chen, K Hu, L Zhu, M Hendrickx… - Food Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cell wall material was isolated from selected non-aged and aged Red haricot bean
cotyledons using a texture-based classification approach. Pectin-depleted residual cell wall …

Improvement in Methane Production from Pelagic Sargassum Using Combined Pretreatments

KD Chikani-Cabrera, PMB Fernandes, R Tapia-Tussell… - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
The constant golden tides of Sargassum spp., identified to be a mixture of Sargassum
natans and Sargassum fluitans, observed recently in the Mexican Caribbean have affected …