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Commercial applications of microalgae
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The first use of microalgae by humans dates back 2000 years to the Chinese, who used Nostoc to survive during famine, while future research should focus on the improvement of production systems and the genetic modification of strains.About:
This article is published in Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering.The article was published on 2006-02-01. It has received 3793 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Culture of microalgae in hatcheries.read more
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Microalgae for municipal wastewater nutrient remediation: mechanisms, reactors and outlook for tertiary treatment
TL;DR: In this article, a review explores the use of microalgae for nutrient removal in municipal wastewater treatment, considering recent improvements in the understanding of removal mechanisms and developments of both suspended and non-suspended systems.
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Characterization of microalga Chlorella as a fuel and its thermogravimetric behavior
TL;DR: In this paper, Chlorella spp. and Nannochloropsis from two different origins were analyzed to settle a preliminary characterization of these microorganisms as intermediate energy carriers and their properties compared to a conventional lignocellulosic feedstock (pine chips).
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Microalgae based biorefinery promoting circular bioeconomy-techno economic and life-cycle analysis
TL;DR: The technoeconomic assessment of three biorefinery routes were reviewed, net energy savings, and life-cycle costing approaches to economize microalgal bioreFinery are suggested.
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Microalgae as platforms for production of recombinant proteins and valuable compounds: progress and prospects.
TL;DR: The importance of maximizing the value of transgenic microalgae through producing recombinant proteins together with recovery of natural high-value compounds is highlighted, and some important issues that need to be addressed before commercial-scale production of high- value recombinant protein and compounds from transgenicmicroalgae can be realized are outlined.
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Direct conversion of wet algae to crude biodiesel under supercritical ethanol conditions
Harvind K. Reddy,Tapaswy Muppaneni,Prafulla D. Patil,Sundaravadivelnathan Ponnusamy,Peter H. Cooke,Tanner Schaub,Shuguang Deng +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of process parameters dry algae to ethanol (wt/vol.) ratio (1:6-1:15), reaction temperature (245-270°C), and reaction time (2-30min.) on the yield of fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEE) were studied.
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Recovery of microalgal biomass and metabolites: process options and economics
TL;DR: Economics of monoseptic production of microalgae in photobioreactors and the downstream recovery of metabolites are discussed using eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) recovery as a representative case study.
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Valuable products from biotechnology of microalgae.
Otto Pulz,Wolfgang Gross +1 more
TL;DR: The biotechnology of microalgae has gained considerable importance in recent decades and this group of organisms represents one of the most promising sources for new products and applications.
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Haematococcus astaxanthin: applications for human health and nutrition
TL;DR: The research reviewed supports the assumption that protecting body tissues from oxidative damage with daily ingestion of natural astaxanthin might be a practical and beneficial strategy in health management.
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Commercial production of microalgae: ponds, tanks, tubes and fermenters
TL;DR: A helical tubular photobioreactor system, the BIOCOIL™, has been developed which allows these algae to be grown reliably outdoors at high cell densities in semi-continuous culture.
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Commercial potential for Haematococcus microalgae as a natural source of astaxanthin.
TL;DR: Cultivation methods have been developed to produce Haematococcus containing 1.5-3.0% astaxanthin by dry weight, with potential applications as a pigment source in aquaculture, poultry feeds and in the worldwide nutraceutical market.