The promising future of microalgae: current status, challenges, and optimization of a sustainable and renewable industry for biofuels, feed, and other products

MI Khan, JH Shin, JD Kim - Microbial cell factories, 2018 - Springer
Microalgae have recently attracted considerable interest worldwide, due to their extensive
application potential in the renewable energy, biopharmaceutical, and nutraceutical …

The lipid biochemistry of eukaryotic algae

Y Li-Beisson, JJ Thelen, E Fedosejevs… - Progress in Lipid …, 2019 - Elsevier
Algal lipid metabolism fascinates both scientists and entrepreneurs due to the large diversity
of fatty acyl structures that algae produce. Algae have therefore long been studied as …

New insights into the biodiversity and applications of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)—Prospects and challenges

V Gupta, SK Ratha, A Sood, V Chaudhary, R Prasanna - Algal research, 2013 - Elsevier
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) are Gram-negative oxygenic photosynthetic prokaryotes
with a long evolutionary history. They have potential applications in diverse areas …

Non-suspended microalgae cultivation for wastewater refinery and biomass production

LL Zhuang, M Li, HH Ngo - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Non-suspended microalgae cultivation technology coupled with wastewater purification has
received more scientific attention in recent decades. Since the non-suspended microalgae …

Role of intertidal microbial communities in carbon dioxide sequestration and pollutant removal: A review

A Mandal, A Dutta, R Das, J Mukherjee - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2021 - Elsevier
Intertidal microbial communities occur as biofilms or microphytobenthos (MPB) which are
sediment-attached assemblages of bacteria, protozoa, fungi, algae, diatoms embedded in …

Corncob biocarriers with available carbon release for Chlamydopodium sp. microalgae towards enhanced nitrogen removal from low C/N rare earth element tailings …

Z Xiong, L Lai, Y Ding, L Yang, Y Geng… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Low nitrogen (N) removal efficiency limits the potential of microalgae technology for the
treatment of high nitrogen and low carbon rare earth tailings (REEs) wastewater. In this …

Wastewater treatment using phototrophic–heterotrophic biofilms and microbial mats

J Paniagua-Michel - Prospects and challenges in algal biotechnology, 2017 - Springer
Phototrophic and photoheterotrophic microbial biofilms and mats are characterized by its
abundant microbial diversity and unique properties in consortia functional populations …

Epibenthic microbial mats behavior as phosphorus sinks or sources in relation to biological and physicochemical conditions

VL Perillo, NS La Colla, J Pan, AV Serra… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbial mats are complex microecosystems that have shown promise as possible green
filters to remediate polluted seawater. This usage would possibly require changing the …

Cultivation of algal biofilm and mat communities from the Garhwal Himalayas for possible use in diverse biotechnological applications

P Kumari, D Kumar - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
The current study aimed to screen biofilm-/mat-forming and fast-growing algal communities
from the Garhwal Himalayas, India. A total of 15 biofilm/mat-forming algal samples were …

[PDF][PDF] Ecobiological aspects of algae cultivation in wastewaters for recycling of nutrients and biofuel applications

S Chinnasamy, A Sood, N Renuka, R Prasanna… - Biofuels, 2014 - researchgate.net
Algae-based wastewater treatment is an ecofriendly option, which involves complex
interactions among the micro/macro flora and fauna. The use of consortia (algal …