Biopolymers are considered a potential alternative to conventional chemical polymers
because of their ease of biodegradability, high efficiency, non-toxicity and non-secondary …

Economically viable microalgal biodiesel production is unrealistic and unsustainable owing
to expensive harvesting or dewatering techniques. Hence, immense and meticulous …

Culturing of microalgae as an alternative feedstock for biofuel production has received a lot
of attention in recent years due to their fast growth rate and ability to accumulate high …

Microalgae based research has been extensively progressed for the production of value
added products and biofuels. Potential application of microalgae for biofuel is recently …

Microalgal bacterial flocs can be a promising approach for microalgae harvesting and
wastewater treatment. The present study provides an insight on the bioflocs formation to …

Despite a quick shift of global goals toward carbon-neutral infrastructure, activated sludge
based conventional systems inhibit the Green New Deal. Here, a municipal wastewater …

Many microorganisms secrete extracellular biopolymeric flocculants (EBFs) in the culture
broth. This work reviews the development of EBF research and applications. Aspects …

Microbial flocculation is investigated as a separation technique for harvesting marine
microalgae for the production of biodiesel. Organic carbon (acetate, glucose or glycerine) …

An exopolysaccharide (EPS) producing strain, ZW3, was isolated from Tibet kefir grain and
was identified as Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens. FT-IR spectroscopy revealed the presence …

A bioflocculant-producing bacterium was isolated from soil and identified as Serratia ficaria.
Using optimized culture conditions a flocculating activity of 95.4% was obtained. It was found …