The industrial utility of microalgae is critically constrained by high-volume, monotrophic
suspension approaches to biomass cultivation. Suspension cultivation suffers from high …

The effectiveness and associated mechanisms of the biofilm attached cultivation (BAC)
under mixotrophy in promoting algal proliferation were investigated. Commercially valuable …

Biotechnological production of valuables by microorganisms is commonly achieved by
cultivating the cells as suspended solids in an appropriate liquid medium. However, the …

Several key challenges are hindering large-scale cultivation of microalgae for industrial
purposes, including wastewater treatment, carbon capture, biomass production, and …

Background Microalgae have shown clear advantages for the production of biofuels
compared with energy crops. Apart from their high growth rates and substantial …

Microalgae can be used to produce high-value compounds, such as pigments or high value
fatty acids, or as a feedstock for lower value products such as food and feed compounds …

Research on renewable energy from microalgae has led to a growing interest in porous
substrate photobioreactors, but their widespread adoption is currently limited to pure …

Diatoms are abundantly found in water bodies around the world and possess unique
cellular characteristics from the ability of carbon dioxide bio-fixation to hyperaccumulation of …

The increase in the global crisis for food and energy necessitates the discovery of
renewable resources. The ability of microalgae to contribute to the world's energy supply …

Microalgae are promising candidates for recycling of carbon dioxide (CO 2) into renewable
bioproducts. However, the low biomass concentration of current suspension culture systems …