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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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Effects of flocculants on lipid extraction and fatty acid composition of the microalgae Nannochloropsis oculata and Thalassiosira weissflogii
Lucélia do Valle Borges,Joaquín A. Morón-Villarreyes,Marcelo Gonçalves Montes D'Oca,Paulo Cesar Abreu +3 more
TL;DR: The results indicate that the choice of flocculant should be based on the level of saturation desirable, i.e., if the goal is to produce more stable biodiesel, with low percentage unsaturated fatty acids, then anionic flOCculants should be used.
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Microalgae-based advanced municipal wastewater treatment for reuse in water bodies
TL;DR: Mechanisms of microalgae-based nitrogen and phosphorus removal were respectively analyzed to better understand advanced nutrient removal from municipal secondary effluent and the manuscript could offer much valuable information for future studies on microalgal advanced wastewater treatment and water reuse.
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Renewable Chemical Production From Novel Fatty Acid Feedstocks
TL;DR: In this paper, methods of manufacturing renewable chemicals through the manufacture of novel triglyceride oils followed by chemical modification of the oils are disclosed, such as transesterification, hydrogenation, hydrocracking, deoxygenation, isomerization, interesterification, hydroxylation, and saponification.
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Comparative assessment on the extraction of carotenoids from microalgal sources: Astaxanthin from H. pluvialis and β-carotene from D. salina.
TL;DR: This study highlights the sustainability of integrated co-production of biofuels and carotenoids in a biorefinery framework by summarized the conventional and modern extraction techniques generally used for the recovery of astaxanthin from Haematococcus pluvialis and β-carotene from Dunaliella salina.
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Microalgae research worldwide
Jose Antonio Garrido-Cardenas,Francisco Manzano-Agugliaro,Francisco Gabriel Acién-Fernández,Emilio Molina-Grima +3 more
TL;DR: In this article, a bibliometric study of the worldwide research trends in the microalgae field is analyzed based on a biblometric study, and the most relevant journals and keywords to determine the evolution and latest tendencies in this field are determined.
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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.