Methods to quantify biological contaminants in microalgae cultures

F Di Caprio - Algal Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Microalgae cultivation processes are becoming increasingly used for food and feed
production and for wastewaters treatment. Large part of laboratory experiments and …

Biological contamination and its chemical control in microalgal mass cultures

D Molina, JC de Carvalho, AIM Júnior, C Faulds… - Applied microbiology …, 2019 - Springer
Microalgae are versatile sources of bioproducts, a solution for many environmental
problems. However, and despite its importance, one of the main problems in large-scale …

Fungal contamination in microalgal cultivation: Biological and biotechnological aspects of fungi-microalgae interaction

C Laezza, G Salbitani, S Carfagna - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the last few decades, the increasing interest in microalgae as sources of new
biomolecules and environmental remediators stimulated scientists' investigations and …

Use of microalgae as biological indicators of pollution: looking for new relevant cytotoxicity endpoints

Á Cid, R Prado, C Rioboo, P Suarez-Bregua, C Herrero - 2012 - ruc.udc.es
An important amount of the applied load of pesticides enter into aquatic ecosystems from
agricultural runoff or leaching and, as a consequence, have become some of the organic …

Descriptive statistics and meta-analysis approaches to assess the effect of microbial contamination on the cultivation of microalgal biomass and its derivatives

H Habtegebriel, V Valdramidis - Algal Research, 2023 - Elsevier
This report constitutes the effect of microbial contaminants on the cultivation practices of
microalgae. Its goal is the description of the types of microbial contaminants and extent of …

The contamination and control of biological pollutants in mass cultivation of microalgae

H Wang, W Zhang, L Chen, J Wang, T Liu - Bioresource technology, 2013 - Elsevier
The potential of microalgae as a biomass feedstock for biofuels, bioproducts and as a
technological solution for CO2 fixation is subject to intense academic and industrial …

Nutritional value and uses of microalgae in aquaculture

AC Guedes, FX Malcata - Aquaculture, 2012 - books.google.com
Microalgae (ie single-celled algae or phytoplankton) represent the largest, yet one of the
most poorly understood groups of microorganisms on Earth. As happens with plants relative …

Impact of inorganic contaminants on microalgae productivity and bioremediation potential

EM Torres, D Hess, BT McNeil, T Guy… - … and environmental safety, 2017 - Elsevier
As underdeveloped nations continue to industrialize and world population continues to
increase, the need for energy, natural resources, and goods will lead to ever increasing …

A simple spectrophotometric method for biomass measurement of important microalgae species in aquaculture

DU Santos-Ballardo, S Rossi, V Hernández, RV Gómez… - Aquaculture, 2015 - Elsevier
The development of microalgae culture technology has been an integral part of the
production of commercially important species in aquaculture. This has been the reason to …

Current developments in high‐throughput analysis for microalgae cellular contents

TH Lee, JS Chang, HY Wang - Biotechnology journal, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Microalgae have emerged as one of the most promising feedstocks for biofuels and bio‐
based chemical production. However, due to the lack of effective tools enabling rapid and …