Processes,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
13(1), P. 51 - 51
Published: Dec. 29, 2024
Microalgae
biotechnology
has
taken
the
world
by
storm.
However,
despite
its
great
potential
promise,
it
still
cannot
be
considered
a
fully
consolidated
technology
due
to
crucial
challenge:
low
rates
of
biomass
productivity.
To
overcome
this
hurdle,
photobioreactors
have
been
developed
as
an
innovative
solution,
promising
increase
efficiency
microalgae
cultures
providing
optimized
conditions.
results
obtained
with
these
systems
do
not
always
meet
initial
expectations,
and
their
large-scale
implementation
faces
complex
technical
challenges.
In
light
this,
present
review
addresses
main
aspects
related
design
engineering
photobioreactors,
highlighting
potentialities
limitations
in
overcoming
critical
challenges
microalgal
biotechnology.
Furthermore,
we
discuss
current
technological
readiness
level
commercial
index
microalgae-based
bioproducts
from
perspective
industrial-scale
production.
Desalination and Water Treatment,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 100505 - 100505
Published: June 1, 2024
Phycoremediation
is
an
eco-friendly
and
low
operational-cost
technique.
It
promotes
green
technology
for
biofuel
production,
high
nutrient
recovery,
wastewater
treatment
through
microalgae.
This
review
encompasses
a
set
of
algal-based
remediation
methods
potentially
toxic
elements
(PTEs)
from
agricultural
discharges
industrial
wastewater.
Large-scale
algae
production
approaches,
such
as
suspended
cultures
in
open
ponds
or
closed
reactors
immobilized
cultures,
include
biofilm
matrix-immobilized
systems
biomass
the
removal
nutrients,
well
PTEs.
Fundamentals
PTEs
using
microalgae
are
biosorption
bioaccumulation,
thus,
this
summarizes
how
beneficial
treatment.
Further,
describes
recent
technologies,
i.e.,
bioreactors,
high-rate
algal
ponds,
commercial
sorption,
etc.,
used
their
specifications
contaminants
effluent.
Wastewater
process
utilizes
macro-algae
both
conventional
facultative
advanced
with
photo-bioreactors.
also
covers
advancement
bioremediation
nutrients
PTE
Lastly,
concluded
various
limitations,
challenges,
prospects
on
implications
wastewater,
considering
carbon
neutrality
circular
economy.
Cells,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
13(13), P. 1137 - 1137
Published: July 2, 2024
The
extensive
metabolic
diversity
of
microalgae,
coupled
with
their
rapid
growth
rates
and
cost-effective
production,
position
these
organisms
as
highly
promising
resources
for
a
wide
range
biotechnological
applications.
These
characteristics
allow
microalgae
to
address
crucial
needs
in
the
agricultural,
medical,
industrial
sectors.
Microalgae
are
proving
be
valuable
various
fields,
including
remediation
diverse
wastewater
types,
production
biofuels
biofertilizers,
extraction
products
from
biomass.
For
decades,
microalga
ACS ES&T Engineering,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
5(1), P. 36 - 49
Published: Nov. 25, 2024
Microalgae
offer
a
compelling
platform
for
the
production
of
commodity
products,
due
to
their
superior
photosynthetic
efficiency,
adaptability
nonarable
lands
and
nonpotable
water,
capacity
produce
versatile
array
bioproducts,
including
biofuels
biomaterials.
However,
scalability
microalgae
as
bioresource
has
been
hindered
by
challenges
such
costly
biomass
related
vulnerability
pond
crashes
during
large-scale
cultivation.
This
study
presents
pipeline
genetic
engineering
pilot-scale
biodiesel
thermoplastic
polyurethane
precursors
in
extremophile
species
Chlamydomonas
pacifica.
microalga
exhibits
exceptional
resilience
high
pH
(>11.5),
salinity
(up
2%
NaCl),
elevated
temperatures
42
°C).
Initially,
we
evolved
this
strain
also
have
tolerance
light
intensity
(>2000
μE/m2/s)
through
mutagenesis,
breeding,
selection.
We
subsequently
genetically
engineered
C.
pacifica
significantly
enhance
lipid
28%
starch
accumulation
27%,
all
without
affecting
its
growth
rate.
demonstrated
these
strains
cultivating
them
raceway
ponds
converting
resulting
into
polyurethanes.
showcases
complete
cycle
transforming
newly
discovered
commercially
relevant
strain.
research
underscores
potential
algae,
pacifica,
key
burgeoning
sustainable
bioeconomy,
offering
viable
path
forward
mitigating
environmental
supporting
global
bioproduct
demands.
