Algae in wastewater treatment, mechanism, and application of biomass for production of value-added product

P Bhatt, G Bhandari, RF Turco, Z Aminikhoei… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The pollutants can enter water bodies at various point and non-point sources, and
wastewater discharge remains a major pathway. Wastewater treatment effectively reduces …

Manipulating environmental stresses and stress tolerance of microalgae for enhanced production of lipids and value-added products–A review

B Chen, C Wan, MA Mehmood, JS Chang, F Bai… - Bioresource …, 2017 - Elsevier
Microalgae have promising potential to produce lipids and a variety of high-value chemicals.
Suitable stress conditions such as nitrogen starvation and high salinity could stimulate …

Algal Green Energy–R&D and technological perspectives for biodiesel production

RP Rastogi, A Pandey, C Larroche… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Energy is the utmost requirement for driving the organization and maintenance of entire
ecosystem. Our continued dependency on fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum and natural …

A biorefinery for Nannochloropsis: Induction, harvesting, and extraction of EPA-rich oil and high-value protein

ET Chua, PM Schenk - Bioresource technology, 2017 - Elsevier
Microalgae have been studied as biofactories for almost four decades. Yet, even until today,
many aspects of microalgae farming and processing are still considered exploratory …

Insights into the physiology of Chlorella vulgaris cultivated in sweet sorghum bagasse hydrolysate for sustainable algal biomass and lipid production

N Arora, GP Philippidis - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Supplementing cultivation media with exogenous carbon sources enhances biomass and
lipid production in microalgae. Utilization of renewable organic carbon from agricultural …

Nitrogen deprivation of microalgae: effect on cell size, cell wall thickness, cell strength, and resistance to mechanical disruption

BHJ Yap, SA Crawford, RR Dagastine… - Journal of Industrial …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Nitrogen deprivation (N-deprivation) is a proven strategy for inducing triacylglyceride
accumulation in microalgae. However, its effect on the physical properties of cells and …

Lipidomic approaches towards deciphering glycolipids from microalgae as a reservoir of bioactive lipids

E Da Costa, J Silva, SH Mendonça, MH Abreu… - Marine drugs, 2016 - mdpi.com
In recent years, noteworthy research has been performed around lipids from microalgae.
Among lipids, glycolipids (GLs) are quite abundant in microalgae and are considered an …

Triacylglycerol accumulation in photosynthetic cells in plants and algae

ZY Du, C Benning - Lipids in plant and algae development, 2016 - Springer
Plant and algal oils are some of the most energy-dense renewable compounds provided by
nature. Triacylglycerols (TAGs) are the major constituent of plant oils, which can be …

Nitrate reductase knockout uncouples nitrate transport from nitrate assimilation and drives repartitioning of carbon flux in a model pennate diatom

JK McCarthy, SR Smith, JP McCrow, M Tan… - The Plant …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The ecological prominence of diatoms in the ocean environment largely results from their
superior competitive ability for dissolved nitrate (NO3−). To investigate the cellular and …

A two-prong mutagenesis and adaptive evolution strategy to enhance the temperature tolerance and productivity of Nannochloropsis oculata

N Arora, E Lo, GP Philippidis - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Incorporation of microalgae in biorefineries intended to help society reach carbon neutrality
is hindered by algal growth inhibition at high temperatures, necessitating the use of costly …