Microalgae wastewater treatment: Biological and technological approaches

F Wollmann, S Dietze, JU Ackermann… - Engineering in Life …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Current global environmental issues raise unavoidable challenges for our use of natural
resources. Supplying the human population with clean water is becoming a global problem …

Microalgae: A promising source of valuable bioproducts

V Dolganyuk, D Belova, O Babich, A Prosekov… - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Microalgae are a group of autotrophic microorganisms that live in marine, freshwater and
soil ecosystems and produce organic substances in the process of photosynthesis. Due to …

Cultivating microalgae in wastewater for biomass production, pollutant removal, and atmospheric carbon mitigation; a review

A Shahid, S Malik, H Zhu, J Xu, MZ Nawaz… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Water shortage is one of the leading global problems along with the depletion of energy
resources and environmental deterioration. Recent industrialization, global mobility, and …

Production of sustainable biofuels from microalgae with CO2 bio-sequestration and life cycle assessment

S Li, H Chang, S Zhang, SH Ho - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to anthropogenic emissions, there is an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide
(CO 2) in the atmosphere. Microalgae are versatile, universal, and photosynthetic …

Microalgae as contributors to produce biopolymers

R Madadi, H Maljaee, LS Serafim, SPM Ventura - Marine Drugs, 2021 - mdpi.com
Biopolymers are very favorable materials produced by living organisms, with interesting
properties such as biodegradability, renewability, and biocompatibility. Biopolymers have …

Modification and improvement of microalgae strains for strengthening CO2 fixation from coal-fired flue gas in power plants

J Cheng, Y Zhu, Z Zhang, W Yang - Bioresource Technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Biological CO 2 capture using microalgae is a promising new method for reducing CO 2
emission of coal-fired flue gas. The strain of microalgae used in this process plays a vital …

Microalgae as a source of valuable phenolic compounds and carotenoids

J Cichoński, G Chrzanowski - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Microalgae are photosynthetic, eukaryotic organisms that are widely used in the industry as
cell factories to produce valuable substances, such as fatty acids (polyunsaturated fatty …

Valorization of wastewater resources into biofuel and value-added products using microalgal system

K Arora, P Kaur, P Kumar, A Singh… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Wastewater is not a liability, instead considered as a resource for microbial fermentation and
value-added products. Most of the wastewater contains various nutrients like nitrates and …

A perspective on biotechnological applications of thermophilic microalgae and cyanobacteria

A Patel, L Matsakas, U Rova, P Christakopoulos - Bioresource Technology, 2019 - Elsevier
The importance of expanding our knowledge on microorganisms derived from extreme
environments stems from the development of novel and sustainable technologies for our …

High production of carotenoids by the green microalga Asterarcys quadricellulare PUMCC 5.1.1 under optimized culture conditions

DP Singh, JS Khattar, A Rajput, R Chaudhary, R Singh - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Since carotenoids are important as natural colorants, antioxidants, neutraceutics and
pharmaceutics, the aim of the present study was to find a new good source of these …