Can microalgae remove pharmaceutical contaminants from water?

JQ Xiong, MB Kurade, BH Jeon - Trends in biotechnology, 2018 - cell.com
The increase in worldwide water contamination with numerous pharmaceutical
contaminants (PCs) has become an emerging environmental concern due to their …

[HTML][HTML] Salinity stress responses and adaptation mechanisms in eukaryotic green microalgae

P Shetty, MM Gitau, G Maróti - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
High salinity is a challenging environmental stress for organisms to overcome. Unicellular
photosynthetic microalgae are especially vulnerable as they have to grapple not only with …

Biodegradation of levofloxacin by an acclimated freshwater microalga, Chlorella vulgaris

JQ Xiong, MB Kurade, BH Jeon - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2017 - Elsevier
The extensive contamination of levofloxacin (LEV) in aquatic ecosystems has attracted
increasing attention because of the potential for development of bacterial resistance and its …

Dissipation of antibiotics by microalgae: kinetics, identification of transformation products and pathways

C Kiki, A Rashid, Y Wang, Y Li, Q Zeng, CP Yu… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Dissipation potential of four algae viz. Haematococcus pluvialis, Selenastrum
capricornutum, Scenedesmus quadricauda and Chlorella vulgaris was investigated against …

From molecular manipulation of domesticated Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to survival in nature

S Sasso, H Stibor, M Mittag, AR Grossman - elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
In the mid-20th century, the unicellular and genetically tractable green alga
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii was first developed as a model organism to elucidate …

Toxicity of sulfamethazine and sulfamethoxazole and their removal by a green microalga, Scenedesmus obliquus

JQ Xiong, S Govindwar, MB Kurade, KJ Paeng… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
A comprehensive ecotoxicological evaluation of a sulfamethazine (SMZ) and
sulfamethoxazole (SMX) mixture was conducted using an indicator microalga …

The 'stress' concept in microalgal biology—homeostasis, acclimation and adaptation

MA Borowitzka - Journal of applied phycology, 2018 - Springer
The term 'stress' is widely used in the algal literature, usually in the context of the response
of algae to changed abiotic and biotic factors.'Stress' is seen as the cause of changes in …

Abiotic stress in algae: response, signaling and transgenic approaches

M Kaur, KC Saini, H Ojah, R Sahoo, K Gupta… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Springer
High salinity, nutrient deficiency, heavy metals, desiccation, temperature fluctuations, and
ultraviolet radiations are major abiotic stress factors considered inhospitable to algal growth …

Effects of global environmental change on microalgal photosynthesis, growth and their distribution

R Kholssi, H Lougraimzi, I Moreno-Garrido - Marine Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Global climate change (GCC) constitutes a complex challenge posing a serious threat to
biodiversity and ecosystems in the next decades. There are several recent studies dealing …

Biodegradation and metabolic fate of levofloxacin via a freshwater green alga, Scenedesmus obliquus in synthetic saline wastewater

JQ Xiong, MB Kurade, DV Patil, M Jang, KJ Paeng… - Algal research, 2017 - Elsevier
Levofloxacin (LEV), a fluoroquinolone antibiotic has been frequently observed in water
resources imposing ecotoxicological effects on aquatic microbiota. The biodegradation and …