Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are rapidly escalating due to industrialization and urbanization worldwide, resulting in many long-term adverse effects such as global warming. Industrial flue gases which contain 3-30% CO2 ...

A natural rubber degrading bacteria Paenibacillus lautus was isolated from soil samples of a rubber plantation in Sri Lanka. The strain was able to decompose natural rubber latex by adhesively growing on its surface ...

Haematococcus pluvialis and Chromochloris zofingiensis are freshwater microalgae exploited to produce the high-value carotenoid, astaxanthin. Nonetheless, a copious amount of freshwater is consumed for microalgae cultivation, ...

Decolourization of textile dye containing effluent is a very difficult and challenging task textile industries have to face. Biological dye decolourization techniques can be effectively used in textile effluent treatments ...

As the biotechnological production of valuable compounds has recently gathered research interest, more and more photosynthetic microorganisms are being examined for the synthesis of proteins, fatty acids, pigments, ...

Microalgae have been identified as a potential source for biofuel production by the researches. Cell disruption and chlorophyll removal of microalgae biomass are the most critical factors, which determine the lipid extraction ...

Microalgae biomass production for food and fuel applications necessitates the use of resources such as water and nutrients, raising sustainability concerns. This study aimed to integrate food industry wastewaters as a ...

The complicated and varying weather conditions and contamination from fungi, protozoa, and bacteria are major problems associated with outdoor microalgae cultivation. In this study, outdoor microalgae cultivation was ...

Cultivation is the paramount step of microalgae bioprocessing as a concentrated and flourished biomass broth will result in higher recoveries of its metabolites. But there is scarce model development for the prediction ...

Biological CO2 sequestration from flue gas using microalgae has emerged as a promising alternative to conventional carbon capture technologies, since it concurrently generates valuable biomass which can be utilized to ...