The scientific community has turned its interest to microalgae lately, because of their
countless applications such as wastewater treatment and pharmaceutical industry …

The ever-increasing demand for food, valuable bio-based compounds and energy has
triggered the development of novel and sustainable resources. Microalgae are a promising …

Botryococcus braunii is known for its high yield of extracellular hydrocarbons and
polysaccharides. Hydrocarbons, especially botryococcenes and squalene can be used as …

Microalgal biofilm-based technologies are of strong interest due to their high biomass
concentrations and ability to remove nutrients from wastewater, utilize CO 2 and produce …

Five types of lignocellulosic materials were applied as the bio-carriers for low-cost algal
biofilm cultivation of three algal strains. The effects of bio-carrier physicochemical properties …

Microalga is considered as a promising candidate for CO 2 bio-sequestration. Biofilm
attached cultivation is a newly developed technology with many advantages over …

Increasing the lipid production rate stands as one of the challenges for achieving economic
feasibility of microalgal biorefinery. Various bioreactor operation strategies have been …

In order to reduce the cost of microalgae harvesting, biofilm algal cultivations have received
attention as a potential platform for algal biomass production and wastewater treatment. Two …

Microalgae have immense potential as biological sources to produce biofuels and high-
value biomolecules. Biofilm-based microalgae cultivation has attracted much interest …

Microalgae have great potential for both total nitrogen/phosphorus (TN/TP) removal and Cu
(II) biosorption. The objective of this study was to optimize the biofilm production and …