The cell wall of green microalgae and its role in heavy metal removal

O Spain, M Plöhn, C Funk - Physiologia Plantarum, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Heavy metals in industrial wastewaters are posing a serious threat to the environment and to
human health. Microalgae are increasingly being seen as potential solutions to this problem …

Morphology, composition, production, processing and applications of Chlorella vulgaris: A review

C Safi, B Zebib, O Merah, PY Pontalier… - … and sustainable energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
Economic and technical problems related to the reduction of petroleum resources require
the valorisation of renewable raw material. Recently, microalgae emerged as promising …

Development of algae biorefinery concepts for biofuels and bioproducts; a perspective on process-compatible products and their impact on cost-reduction

LML Laurens, J Markham, DW Templeton… - Energy & …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Identifying and addressing critical improvements in biomass, bioproduct and biofuel
productivity is a priority for the nascent algae-based bioeconomy. Economic and …

A new insight into cell walls of Chlorophyta

PH Baudelet, G Ricochon, M Linder, L Muniglia - Algal Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Green microalgae, and Chlorophyta in particular, are considered as a renewable source of
valuable chemicals for biofuel, nutraceutical or pharmaceutical industries, among others …

Anaerobic co-digestion on improving methane production from mixed microalgae (Scenedesmus sp., Chlorella sp.) and food waste: Kinetic modeling and synergistic …

G Zhen, X Lu, T Kobayashi, G Kumar, K Xu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2016 - Elsevier
Continuous primary energy consumption has motivated the scientists of the world to search
for renewable energy sources that could substitute fossil fuels. Microalgae can be an …

The progressive routes for carbon capture and sequestration

S Nanda, SN Reddy, SK Mitra… - Energy Science & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The global warming is directly related to the increased greenhouse gas emissions from both
natural and anthropogenic origins. There has been a drastic rise in the concentration of CO …

A sustainable integrated in situ transesterification of microalgae for biodiesel production and associated co-product-a review

KA Salam, SB Velasquez-Orta, AP Harvey - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2016 - Elsevier
Microalgae has large scale cultivation history particularly in aquaculture, pigments and
nutraceutical production. Despite the advantages of microalgal oil as feedstock for biodiesel …

BODIPY staining, an alternative to the Nile Red fluorescence method for the evaluation of intracellular lipids in microalgae

T Govender, L Ramanna, I Rawat, F Bux - Bioresource technology, 2012 - Elsevier
In order to develop feasible production processes for microalgal biodiesel, the isolation of
high neutral lipid producing microalgae is crucial. Since the established Nile Red (NR) …

Heterotrophic/mixotrophic cultivation of oleaginous Chlorella vulgaris on industrial co-products

D Mitra, JH van Leeuwen, B Lamsal - Algal Research, 2012 - Elsevier
Among many challenges faced in the commercial cultivation of microalgae, low-cost water
and nutrients availability is crucial. Our study aimed at testing and optimizing two agro …

Disruption and Wet Extraction of the Microalgae Chlorella vulgaris Using Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids

VCA Orr, NV Plechkova, KR Seddon… - ACS Sustainable …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Recently, ionic liquids have been demonstrated to increase the efficiency of solvent
extraction of lipids from microalgae. However, to date, mostly imidazolium-based ionic …