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Potential carbon dioxide fixation by industrially important microalgae.
Eduardo Bittencourt Sydney,Wilerson Sturm,Júlio Cesar de Carvalho,Vanete Thomaz-Soccol,Vanete Thomaz-Soccol,Christian Larroche,Ashok Pandey,Carlos Ricardo Soccol +7 more
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Analysis of growth parameters, media of cultivation, biomass composition and productivity and nutrients balance, and carbon metabolism in terms of carbon dioxide fixation and its destination in microalgae cultivations found carbon dioxide fixated was mainly used for microalgal biomass production.About:
This article is published in Bioresource Technology.The article was published on 2010-08-01. It has received 477 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Chlorella vulgaris & Botryococcus braunii.read more
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Microalgae biofuels: A critical review of issues, problems and the way forward
Man Kee Lam,Keat Teong Lee +1 more
TL;DR: The practical problems that are facing the microalgae biofuel industry will be depicted, covering upstream to downstream activities by accessing the latest research reports and critical data analysis and several interlink solutions to the problems will be suggested with the purpose to revolutionize the entire microAlgae Biofuel industry towards long-term sustainability.
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CO2 biofixation and fatty acid composition of Scenedesmus obliquus and Chlorella pyrenoidosa in response to different CO2 levels.
TL;DR: The present results suggested that the two microalgae be appropriate for mitigating CO(2) in the flue gases and biodiesel production.
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Effect of light intensity and nitrogen starvation on CO2 fixation and lipid/carbohydrate production of an indigenous microalga Scenedesmus obliquus CNW-N
TL;DR: Engineering strategies were applied to improve the CO(2) fixation rate and carbohydrate/lipid production of a Scenedesmus obliquus CNW-N isolate and Nitrogen starvation was employed to trigger the accumulation of lipid and carbohydrate.
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Cyanobacteria and microalgae: a positive prospect for biofuels.
TL;DR: This review focuses on cultivation and harvesting of cyanobacteria and microalgae, possible bio Fuels and co-products, challenges for cyanobacterial and microalgal biofuels and the approaches of genetic engineering and modifications to increase biofuel production.
Commercial and industrial applications of micro algae - A review
TL;DR: The utilility of microalgae( freshwater, marine and other such habitats) in commercial and industrial sector to harness the growing demands of such unexplored natural resources is focused on.
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