A comparison between microalgal autotrophic growth and metabolite accumulation with heterotrophic, mixotrophic and photoheterotrophic cultivation modes

AP Abreu, RC Morais, JA Teixeira, J Nunes - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microalgae are sustainable feedstock for healthy food and feed, organic drugs, ecological
polymers, green chemicals and dyes, biofuels, biofertilizers, and environmental …

Developing algae as a sustainable food source

CJ Diaz, KJ Douglas, K Kang, AL Kolarik… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Current agricultural and food production practices are facing extreme stress, posed by
climate change and an ever-increasing human population. The pressure to feed nearly 8 …

Current status of the algae production industry in Europe: an emerging sector of the blue bioeconomy

R Araújo, F Vázquez Calderón… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The EU Bioeconomy Strategy aims to support the sustainable growth and development of
the EU bio-based sectors while creating jobs, innovation and services. Despite the …

The role of microalgae in the bioeconomy

FGA Fernández, A Reis, RH Wijffels, M Barbosa… - New …, 2021 - Elsevier
The bioeconomy is a new and essential paradigm for reducing our dependence on natural
resources and responding to the environmental threats that the Earth is currently facing. In …

[HTML][HTML] Microalgae-based products: Food and public health

APF de Oliveira, APA Bragotto - Future Foods, 2022 - Elsevier
Microalgae biomass can offer several compounds beneficial to human nutrition, including
lipids, proteins, minerals and pigments. In this sense, microalgae-based foods are already …

[HTML][HTML] Heterotrophic vs autotrophic production of microalgae: Bringing some light into the everlasting cost controversy

J Ruiz, RH Wijffels, M Dominguez, MJ Barbosa - Algal Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Heterotrophic or autotrophic? This is the continuous question the industry faces when
microalgae production is the endeavor. Surprisingly, nowadays specialists have not reached …

Mass cultivation and harvesting of microalgal biomass: Current trends and future perspectives

A Udayan, R Sirohi, N Sreekumar, BI Sang… - Bioresource technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Microalgae are unicellular photosynthetic organisms capable of producing high-value
metabolites like carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, polyunsaturated fatty acids, vitamins …

Mixotrophy, a more promising culture mode: Multi-faceted elaboration of carbon and energy metabolism mechanisms to optimize microalgae culture

S Shan, AY Manyakhin, C Wang, B Ge, J Han… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
Some mixotrophic microalgae appear to exceed the sum of photoautotrophy and
heterotrophy in terms of biomass production. This paper mainly reviews the carbon and …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental sustainability of microalgae-based production systems: roadmap and challenges towards the industrial implementation

L Gurreri, MC Rindina, A Luciano, S Lima… - Sustainable Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microalgae and cyanobacteria are a precious source for the production of
biofuels/bioenergy, biomaterials and valuable biochemicals. Beyond photosynthetic CO 2 …

Advantages of heterotrophic microalgae as a host for phytochemicals production

S Jareonsin, C Pumas - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Currently, most commercial recombinant technologies rely on host systems. However, each
host has their own benefits and drawbacks, depending on the target products. Prokaryote …