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Nitrate removal from water by Scenedesmus obliquus immobilized in polymeric foams
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Scenedesmus obliquus cells adsorbed in hydrophilic, commercially available polymeric foams are of potential value for biologic N depollution of drinking waters contaminated with nitrogenous fertilizers.About:
This article is published in Enzyme and Microbial Technology.The article was published on 1995-03-01. It has received 63 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Bioreactor & Adsorption.read more
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Immobilized microalgae for removing pollutants: review of practical aspects.
Luz E. de-Bashan,Yoav Bashan +1 more
TL;DR: This review analyzes the state-of-the-art of a specific niche in biological wastewater treatment that uses immobilized eukaryotic microalgae (and several prokaryotic photosynthetic cyanobacteria), with emphasis on removing nutrients with the support ofmicroalgae growth-promoting bacteria.
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Biotechnological potential of immobilized algae for wastewater N, P and metal removal: A review
TL;DR: The use of immobilized microalgae in these processes is very adequate and offers significant advantages in bioreactors and the future of this area of algal cell biotechnology is considered.
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Integrated CO2 capture, wastewater treatment and biofuel production by microalgae culturing—A review
TL;DR: This article presents a critical review, focusing on various microalgae species that consume CO2 and nutrients from wastewater, and provide high quality biofuel.
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Microalgae immobilization: current techniques and uses.
TL;DR: Current uses of immobilized microalgae include metabolite production, culture collection handling, obtaining of energy and removing of undesired or valuable substances from media (nutrients, metals and different pollutant agents).
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Microalgae as feedstock for biodiesel production: Carbon dioxide sequestration, lipid production and biofuel quality
TL;DR: In this paper, the fuel properties of microalgal biodiesel were evaluated and compared with conventional sources of biodiesel commonly used as feedstock, and an investigation for meeting the requirements of the standard specifications for this fuel produced by six strains of microalgae (three cyanobacteria, two green algae and one diatom), cultivated photosynthetically in a bubble column photobioreactor.
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Absorption of light by chlorophyll solutions
TL;DR: This paper deals with the estimation of chlorophyll in plant extracts by application of absorption coefficients of the isolated solid chlorophylla components, and the question of artifacts is automatically clarified.
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The determination of nitrate in soil solutions by ultraviolet spectrophotometry
TL;DR: In this article, ultraviolet spectrophotometric analysis has been applied to the determination of nitrate nitrogen over the 0·5 to 10 p.m. range in soil solutions and perfusates in the absence of organic matter.
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Algae and waste water
TL;DR: The main abiotic, biotic and operative factors playing a role in the cultivation of microalgae, and various types of bioreactors are scrutinized keeping in view that the main limitation upon the type of usable bioreACTors is the enormous volume of water to be treated.
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The potential of microalgal biotechnology: A review of production and uses of microalgae
TL;DR: An overview of the various aspects, promises and limitations of microalgal biotechnology is presented and the application of genetic manipulation to microalgae is covered.
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Wastewater nutrient removal with microalgae immobilized in carrageenan
P. Chevalier,Joël de la Noüe +1 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that immobilized Scenedesmus microalgae can grow well within gel beads and that they are as physiologically active for wastewater nutrient removal as free cells.
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