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  1. Application of high shear-assisted liquid biphasic system for protein extraction from Chlorella sp
    Silvanir, Lai SY, Asmawi AA, Chew KW, Ngan CL
    Bioresour Technol, 2024 Feb;393:130094.
    PMID: 38000640 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.130094
    Microalgae is a sustainable alternative source to traditional proteins. Existing pretreatment methods for protein extraction from microalgae still lack scalability, are uneconomical and inefficient. Herein, high shear mixing (HSM) was applied to disrupt the rigid cell walls and was found to assist in protein release from microalgae. This study integrates HSM in liquid biphasic system with seven parameters being investigated on extraction efficiency (EE) and protein yield (Y). The highest EE and Y obtained are 96.83 ± 0.47 % and 40.98 ± 1.27 %, respectively, using 30% w/v K3PO4 salt, 60 % v/v alcohol, volume ratio of 1:1 and 0.5 % w/v biomass loading under shearing rate of 16,000 rpm for 1 min.
    Matched MeSH terms: Chlorella vulgaris*
  2. Food waste compost as an organic nutrient source for the cultivation of Chlorella vulgaris
    Chew KW, Chia SR, Show PL, Ling TC, Arya SS, Chang JS
    Bioresour Technol, 2018 Nov;267:356-362.
    PMID: 30029182 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.07.069
    The present study investigates the prospective of substituting inorganic medium with organic food waste compost medium as a nutrient supplement for the cultivation of Chlorella vulgaris FSP-E. Various percentages of compost mixtures were replaced in the inorganic medium to compare the algal growth and biochemical composition. The use of 25% compost mixture combination was found to yield higher biomass concentration (11.1%) and better lipid (10.1%) and protein (2.0%) content compared with microalgae cultivation in fully inorganic medium. These results exhibited the potential of combining the inorganic medium with organic food waste compost medium as an effective way to reduce the cultivation cost of microalgae and to increase the biochemical content in the cultivated microalgae.
    Matched MeSH terms: Chlorella; Chlorella vulgaris*
  3. An efficient and rapid method to extract and purify protein - Liquid Triphasic Flotation system
    Chia SR, Mak KY, Khaw YJ, Suhaidi N, Chew KW, Show PL
    Bioresour Technol, 2019 Dec;294:122158.
    PMID: 31550634 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122158
    Microalgae are rich in valuable biomolecules and grow on non-arable land with rapid growth rate, which has a host of new possibility as alternative protein sources. In the present study, extraction of proteins from Chlorella vulgaris via an efficient technique, Liquid Triphasic Flotation (LTF) system, was studied. The optimized conditions in LTF system were 70% v/v of t-butanol, 40% w/v of salt solution, 0.5% w/v of biomass, pH 5.54, 1:1 of salt to t-butanol solution, and 10 min of air flotation time to attain 87.23% of protein recovery and 56.72% of separation efficiency. Besides, the study on recycling t-butanol has demonstrated that only one run was sufficient to maintain the performance of system. The efficiency of LTF in extracting protein has performed better than just Three Phase Partitioning (TPP) system. LTF system is hence an effective protein extraction and purification method with minimum operation unit and processing time.
    Matched MeSH terms: Chlorella vulgaris*
  4. Particle swarm optimization and global sensitivity analysis for catalytic co-pyrolysis of Chlorella vulgaris and plastic waste mixtures
    Majid M, Chin BLF, Jawad ZA, Chai YH, Lam MK, Yusup S, et al.
    Bioresour Technol, 2021 Jun;329:124874.
    PMID: 33647605 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.124874
    This study investigated on the co-pyrolysis of microalgae Chlorella vulgaris and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) waste mixtures which was performed with three types of catalysts, namely limestone (LS), HZSM-5 zeolite, and novel bi-functional LS/HZSM-5/LS. Kissinger-Kai (K-K) model-free method was coupled with Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) model-fitting method using the thermogravimetric experimental data. A global sensitivity analysis was carried out using Latin Hypercube Sampling and rank transformation to assess the extent of impact of the input kinetic parameters on the output results. Furthermore, a thermodynamic analysis was performed to obtain parameters such as enthalpy change (ΔH), Gibb's free energy (ΔG), and entropy change (ΔS). The activation energy (EA) of the microalgae Chlorella vulgaris and HDPE binary mixture were found to be lower upon the addition of catalysts. Among the catalyst used, bi-functional LS/HZSM-5 catalyst exhibited the lowest EA (83.59 kJ/mol) and ΔH (78 kJ/mol) as compared to LS and HZSM-5 catalysts.
    Matched MeSH terms: Chlorella vulgaris*
  5. Microalgae cultivation using undiluted anaerobic digestate by introducing aerobic nitrification-desulfurization treatment
    Sekine M, Yoshida A, Akizuki S, Kishi M, Toda T
    Water Sci Technol, 2020 Sep;82(6):1070-1080.
    PMID: 33055397 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2020.153
    A novel coupling process using an aerobic bacterial reactor with nitrification and sulfur-oxidization functions followed by a microalgal reactor was proposed for simultaneous biogas desulfurization and anaerobic digestion effluent (ADE) treatment. ADE nitrified by bacteria has a potential to be directly used as a culture medium for microalgae because ammonium nitrogen, including inhibitory free ammonia (NH3), has been converted to harmless NO3-. To demonstrate this hypothesis, Chlorella sorokiniana NIES-2173, which has ordinary NH3 tolerance; that is, 1.6 mM of EC50 compared with other species, was cultivated using untreated/treated ADE. Compared with the use of a synthetic medium, when using ADE with 1-10-fold dilutions, the specific growth rate and growth yield maximally decreased by 44% and 88%, respectively. In contrast, the algal growth using undiluted ADE treated by nitrification-desulfurization was almost the same as with using synthetic medium. It was also revealed that 50% of PO43- and most metal concentrations of ADE decreased following nitrification-desulfurization treatment. Moreover, upon NaOH addition for pH adjustment, the salinity increased to 0.66%. The decrease in metals mitigates the bioconcentration of toxic heavy metals from wastewater in microalgal biomass. Meanwhile, salt stress in microalgae and limiting nutrient supplementation, particularly for continuous cultivation, should be of concern.
    Matched MeSH terms: Chlorella*
  6. Hydrochar production from high-ash low-lipid microalgal biomass via hydrothermal carbonization: Effects of operational parameters and products characterization
    Khoo CG, Lam MK, Mohamed AR, Lee KT
    Environ Res, 2020 09;188:109828.
    PMID: 32798947 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109828
    This study aims to produce hydrochar from high-ash low-lipid Chlorella vulgaris biomass via hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) process. The effects of hydrothermal temperature and retention time with respect to the physicochemical properties of hydrochar were studied in the range of 180-250 °C and 0.5-4 h, respectively. It was found that the hydrothermal temperature had resulted in a significant reduction of hydrochar yield as compared to the retention time. The raw microalgal biomass was successfully converted into an energy densified hydrochar via an optimized HTC reaction, with higher heating value (HHV) of 24.51 kJ/g, which was approximately two-times higher than that of raw biomass. In addition, the overall carbon recovery rate and energy yield were in the range of 53.2-86.4% and 46.9-76.6%, respectively. The high quality of the produced hydrochar was further supported by the plot of van Krevelen diagram and combustion behaviour analysis. Besides, the aqueous phase collected from HTC process could be further used as nutrients source to cultivate C. vulgaris, in which up to 70% of the biomass yield could be attained as compared to the control cultivation condition. The reusability of the aqueous phase collected from HTC process as an alternative nutrients source to cultivate microalgal indicated the feasibility and positive integration of HTC process in microalgal biofuel processing chain.
    Matched MeSH terms: Chlorella vulgaris*
  7. Green bioprocessing of protein from Chlorella vulgaris microalgae towards circular bioeconomy
    Azmi AAB, Chew KW, Chia WY, Mubashir M, Sankaran R, Lam MK, et al.
    Bioresour Technol, 2021 Aug;333:125197.
    PMID: 33930672 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125197
    The work aimed to study the potential in producing a system with high microalgal protein recovery and separation by utilizing a one-step or integrated downstream process. This in turn enables green biorefinery of protein, contributing to circular bioeconomy whereby less energy, labor, and cost are required for the process. By utilizing electric three phase partitioning flotation system, high protein recovery yield, R of 99.42 ± 0.52% and high separation efficiency, E of 52.72 ± 0.40% system was developed. Scaling up also showed high protein recovery yield with R value of 89.13 ± 1.56%. Total processing duration (extraction, separation, and purification) was also significantly reduced to 10 min. This system showed remarkable potential in reducing processing time, alternatively cost of production, benefiting microalgal downstream processing. Concisely, through this system, microalgal bioprocessing will no longer be complex allowing a wide array of potentials for further studies in this field.
    Matched MeSH terms: Chlorella vulgaris*
  8. Liquid triphasic systems as sustainable downstream processing of Chlorella sp. biorefinery for potential biofuels and feed production
    Koyande AK, Chew KW, Show PL, Munawaroh HSH, Chang JS
    Bioresour Technol, 2021 Aug;333:125075.
    PMID: 33872996 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125075
    Microalgae are potential sustainable renewable sources of energy but are highly underutilized due to the expensive and time-consuming downstream processing. This study aims at curbing these obstacles by extracting multiple components with a single processing unit. In this work, an ultrasound-assisted liquid triphasic flotation system was incorporated to extract proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates by phase separation. The parameters involved were optimized and the final recovery efficiency of proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates was determined. A control run involving conventional three-phase partitioning and a 15-fold scale-up system with the recycling of phase components were also performed. Gas Chromatograph and Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy were used to examine the potential of extracted products as a source of biofuel. This biorefinery approach is crucial in commercializing microalgae for biodiesel and bioethanol generation with a side product of purified proteins as feed.
    Matched MeSH terms: Chlorella*
  9. Proteins recovery from wet microalgae using liquid biphasic flotation (LBF)
    Phong WN, Show PL, Teh WH, Teh TX, Lim HMY, Nazri NSB, et al.
    Bioresour Technol, 2017 Nov;244(Pt 2):1329-1336.
    PMID: 28602664 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.05.165
    In this work, the extraction of microalgal protein from wet Chlorella sorokiniana species using alcohol/salt liquid biphasic flotation (LBF) with the aid of ultrasonication for cell rupturing was proposed. The effect of varying crude feedstock concentration, flotation time, salt type, salt concentration, alcohol type, alcohol concentration, initial volumes of salt and alcohol were investigated. After the optimization process, the highest proportion of protein recovered in the top phase was achieved with 250g/L ammonium sulphate, 60% (v/v) 2-propanol, 1.0VR,initial, 20g/L crude biomass load, 4mm3/min air flowrate and 10min of flotation time. The recycling of phase components was introduced to minimize the use of alcohol and salt in the corresponding LBF. It was demonstrated that top phase (alcohol) recycling can achieve increasing performance for three consecutive recycling runs. Under optimized process conditions, the proportion of protein recovered in the top phase was 88.86% for the third recycle run.
    Matched MeSH terms: Chlorella*
  10. Enhanced coproduction of astaxanthin and lipids by the green microalga Chromochloris zofingiensis: Selected phytohormones as positive stimulators
    Chen JH, Wei D, Lim PE
    Bioresour Technol, 2020 Jan;295:122242.
    PMID: 31629282 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122242
    Phytohormones comprise a variety of trace bioactive compounds that can stimulate cell growth and promote metabolic shifts. In the present work, a two-stage screening strategy was innovatively established to identify positive phytohormones for enhancement of astaxanthin and lipid coproduction in microplate-based cultures of mixotrophic Chromochloris zofingiensis. The results showed that auxins were the most efficient stimulators for astaxanthin accumulation. The maximum content of 13.1 mg/g and yield of 89.9 mg/L were obtained using indole propionic acid (10 mg/L) and indoleacetic acid (7.8 mg/L), representing the highest levels of astaxanthin in this microalga reported to date. Total lipids with the highest content (64.5% DW) and productivity (445.7 mg/L/d) were coproduced with astaxanthin using indoleacetic acid. Statistical analysis revealed close relations between phytohormones and astaxanthin and lipid biosynthesis. This study provides a novel original strategy for improving astaxanthin and lipid coproduction in C. zofingiensis using the selected phytohormones as positive stimulators.
    Matched MeSH terms: Chlorella*
  11. Biorefinery of Chlorella sorokiniana using ultra sonication assisted liquid triphasic flotation system
    Koyande AK, Chew KW, Lim JW, Lam MK, Ho YC, Show PL
    Bioresour Technol, 2020 May;303:122931.
    PMID: 32044648 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.122931
    The aim of this work was to study the ultrasonication-assisted Liquid Tri-phasic Flotation (LTF) System to obtain lipid and protein from microalgae Chlorella sorokiniana in a single step as a novel process. In the current study, biorefinery of Chlorella sorokiniana was performed using LTF system in a single step. The highest protein recovery of 97.43 ± 1.67% and lipid recovery of 69.50 ± 0.54% were obtained. The corresponding parameters were microalgae biomass loading of 0.5 w/v%, ammonium sulphate concentration of 40 w/v%, volume ratio of 1:1.5 (salt:alcohol), ultrasonication pulse mode of 20 s ON/20 s OFF at 20% amplitude for 5 mins, flotation air flowrate of 100 mL/min. Additionally, recycling of alcohol phase to study the circular nature of proposed biorefinery was investigated. The proposed LTF system for extraction of proteins and lipid reduces the number of operation units required in this biorefinery approach.
    Matched MeSH terms: Chlorella*
  12. Investigating the effects of eleven key physicochemical factors on growth and lipid accumulation of Chlorella sp. as a feedstock for biodiesel production
    Parichehreh R, Gheshlaghi R, Mahdavi MA, Kamyab H
    J Biotechnol, 2021 Nov 10;340:64-74.
    PMID: 34454961 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2021.08.010
    Biodiesel, as a renewable and eco-friendly energy source that can be produced through algae oil esterification, has recently received much attention. Maximization of algal biomass and lipid content is crucial for commercial biodiesel production. In this study, Chlorella sp. PG96, a microalgal strain isolated from urban wastewater, was identified considering its morphological and molecular characteristics. Fractional factorial design (211-7) was employed to screen medium and environmental factors for achieving high lipid productivity. The effects of eleven factors including light intensity, light spectrum, aeration rate, temperature, salinity, NaHCO3, CO2, NaNO3, NH4Cl, MgSO4.7H2O, and K2HPO4 and their interactions on growth characteristics of Chlorella sp. PG96 (biomass and lipid production) were statistically assessed. Based on the experimental results, lipid productivity was at its maximum (54.19 ± 8.40 mglipid L-1 day-1) under a combination of high levels of all factors. The analysis also showed that physical parameters of light intensity and temperature were more effective on algal growth compared to nutritional parameters. Furthermore, nitrogen source of ammonium and carbon source of bicarbonate played more significant roles in biomass and lipid production, compared with nitrate and CO2, respectively. Although the effect of sulfur limitation on cellular growth was similar to phosphorus deficiency, S-limitation had a greater impact on lipid accumulation. The interaction between NaHCO3 and NH4Cl was the most prominent interaction affecting all responses. It is concluded that Chlorella sp. PG96 at a high level of light intensity and temperature (22500 Lux and 32 °C, respectively) can be a prospective candidate for biodiesel production.
    Matched MeSH terms: Chlorella*
  13. Distinctive correlations between cell concentration and cell size to microalgae biomass under increasing carbon dioxide
    Lim YA, Khong NMH, Priyawardana SD, Ooi KR, Ilankoon IMSK, Chong MN, et al.
    Bioresour Technol, 2022 Mar;347:126733.
    PMID: 35074462 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.126733
    Carbon capture and storage (CCS) via microalgae cultivations is getting renewed interest as climate change mitigation effort, owing to its excellent photosynthetic and CO2 fixation capability. Microalgae growth is monitored based on their biomass, cell concentrations and cell sizes. The key parametric relationships on microalgae growth under CO2 are absent in previous studies and this inadequacy hampers the design and scale-up of microalgae-based CCS. In this study, three representative microalgae species, Chlorella, Nostoc and Chlamydomonas, were investigated for establishing key correlations of cell concentrations and sizes towards their biomass fluctuations under CO2 influences of 0% to 20% volume ratios (v/v). This revealed that Chlorella and Chlamydomonas cell concentrations significantly contributed towards increasing biomass concentration under CO2 elevations. Chlorella and Nostoc cell sizes were enhanced at 20% (v/v). These findings provided new perspectives on growth responses under increasing CO2 treatment, opening new avenues on CCS schemes engineering designs and biochemical production.
    Matched MeSH terms: Chlorella*
  14. Fulltext Physical abrasion method using submerged spike balls to remove algal biofilm from photobioreactors
    Nawar A, Khoja AH, Akbar N, Ansari AA, Qayyum M, Ali E
    BMC Res Notes, 2017 Dec 02;10(1):666.
    PMID: 29197425 DOI: 10.1186/s13104-017-2995-9
    OBJECTIVE: A major factor in practical application of photobioreactors (PBR) is the adhesion of algal cells onto their inner walls. Optimized algal growth requires an adequate sunlight for the photosynthesis and cell growth. Limitation in light exposure adversely affects the algal biomass yield. The removal of the biofilm from PBR is a challenging and expansive task. This study was designed to develop an inexpensive technique to prevent adhesion of algal biofilm on tubular PBR to ensure high efficiency of light utilization. Rubber balls with surface projections were introduced into the reactor, to remove the adherent biofilm by physical abrasion technique.

    RESULTS: The floatation of spike balls created a turbulent flow, thereby inhibiting further biofilm formation. The parameters such as, specific growth rate and doubling time of the algae before introducing the balls were 0.451 day-1 and 1.5 days respectively. Visible biofilm impeding light transmission was formed by 15-20 days. The removal of the biofilm commenced immediately after the introduction of the spike balls with visibly reduced deposits in 3 days. This was also validated by enhance cell count (6.95 × 106 cells mL-1) in the medium. The employment of spike balls in PBR is an environmental friendly and economical method for the removal of biofilm.

    Matched MeSH terms: Chlorella vulgaris*
  15. A foam column system harvesting freshwater algae for biodiesel production: An experiment and process model evaluations
    Al-Humairi ST, Lee JGM, Harvey AP, Salman AD, Juzsakova T, Van B, et al.
    Sci Total Environ, 2023 Mar 01;862:160702.
    PMID: 36481155 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160702
    The purpose of this study was to examine the application of the mathematical model of drift flux to the experimental results of the effect of cationic trimethyl-ammonium bromide (CTAB)-aided continuous foam flotation harvesting on the lipid content in Chlorella vulgaris microalgae. An experiment was conducted to determine the effect of the operating conditions on the enrichment factor (EF) and percentage recovery efficiency (%RE), where the flow rates at the inlet and bottom outlet remained constant. Data for the binary system (without algae) and ternary system (with algae) in an equal-area foam column show that the EF decreases linearly with increasing initial CTAB concentrations ranging from 30 to 75 mg/L for three levels of the studied air volumetric flow rate range (1-3) L/min. The percentage harvesting efficiency increased with increasing initial CTAB concentration and air volumetric flow rate to 96 % in the binary systems and 94 % in the ternary systems. However, in the foam column with the riser used in the three systems, a lower volume of liquid foam in the upward outlet stream resulted in a lower RE% than that of the column without the riser. The objective function of EF for the system with algae increased when the initial CTAB concentration was increased from 30 to 45 mg/L in the foam column with a riser for all air flow rates, and after 45 mg/L, a sudden drop in the microalgae EF was observed. In the comparison between the foam column with and without the riser for the system with algae, the optimum EF was 145 for the design of the column with the riser and 139 for the column without the riser.
    Matched MeSH terms: Chlorella vulgaris*
  16. A microscale system for in situ investigation of immobilized microalgal cell resistance against liquid flow in the early inoculation stage
    Tong CY, Li HZ, Derek CJC
    Lab Chip, 2023 Sep 13;23(18):4052-4066.
    PMID: 37609763 DOI: 10.1039/d3lc00415e
    In attached microalgae cultivation systems, cell detachment due to fluid hydrodynamic flow is not a subject matter that is commonly looked into. However, this phenomenon is of great relevance to optimizing the operating parameters of algae cultivation and feasible reactor design. Hence, this current work miniaturizes traditional benchtop assays into a microfluidic platform to study the cell detachment of green microalgae, Chlorella vulgaris, from porous substrates during its early cultivation stage under precisely controlled conditions. As revealed by time lapse microscopy, an increase in bulk flow velocity facilitated nutrient transport but also triggered cell detachment events. At a flow rate of 1000 μL min-1 of growth medium for 120 min, the algal cell coverage was up to 5% lower than those at 5 μL min-1 and 50 μL min-1. In static seeding, the evolution of attached cell resistance toward liquid flows was dependent on hydrodynamic zones. The center zone of the microchannel was shown to be a "comfortable zone" of the attached cells to sequester nutrients effectively at lower medium flow rates but there was a profile transition where outlet zones favored cell attachment the most at higher flow rates (1.13 times higher than the center zone for 1000 μL min-1). Besides, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations illustrated that the focusing band varied between cross-sections and depths, while the streamline was the least concentrated along the side walls and bottom plane of the microfluidic devices. It was intriguing to learn that cell detachment was not primarily happening along the symmetry streamline. Insight gained from this study could be further applied in the optimization of operating conditions of attached cultivation systems whilst preserving laminar flow conditions.
    Matched MeSH terms: Chlorella vulgaris*
  17. Fulltext Evaluation of selected tropical marine microalgal cultures for use in biophotovoltaic platforms
    Tay ZH, Ng FL, Thong CH, Lee CW, Gnana Kumar G, Al-Sehemi AG, et al.
    Appl Microbiol Biotechnol, 2024 Dec;108(1):1-14.
    PMID: 38194143 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-023-12951-0
    In this study, the bioelectrical power generation potential of four tropical marine microalgal strains native to Malaysia was investigated using BPV platforms. Chlorella UMACC 258 produced the highest power density (0.108 mW m-2), followed by Halamphora subtropica UMACC 370 (0.090 mW m-2), Synechococcus UMACC 371 (0.065 mW m-2) and Parachlorella UMACC 245 (0.017 mW m-2). The chlorophyll-a (chl-a) content was examined to have a linear positive relationship with the power density (p Chlorella UMACC 258 • There is a positive correlation between chl-a content and power output • Proven biocompatibility between biofilms and carbon anode sans exogenous mediators.
    Matched MeSH terms: Chlorella*
  18. Lipid for biodiesel production from attached growth Chlorella vulgaris biomass cultivating in fluidized bed bioreactor packed with polyurethane foam material
    Mohd-Sahib AA, Lim JW, Lam MK, Uemura Y, Isa MH, Ho CD, et al.
    Bioresour Technol, 2017 Sep;239:127-136.
    PMID: 28501685 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.04.118
    The potential to grow attached microalgae Chlorella vulgaris in fluidized bed bioreactor was materialized in this study, targeting to ease the harvesting process prior to biodiesel production. The proposed thermodynamic mechanism and physical property assessment of various support materials verified polyurethane to be suitable material favouring the spontaneous adhesion by microalgae cells. The 1-L bioreactor packed with only 2.4% (v/v) of 1.00-mL polyurethane foam cubes could achieve the highest attached growth microalgae biomass and lipid weights of 812±122 and 376±37mg, respectively, in comparison with other cube sizes. The maturity of attached growth microalgae biomass for harvesting could also be determined from the growth trend of suspended microalgae biomass. Analysis of FAME composition revealed that the harvested microalgae biomass was dominated by C16-C18 (>60%) and mixture of saturated and mono-unsaturated fatty acids (>65%), satiating the biodiesel standard with adequate cold flow property and oxidative stability.
    Matched MeSH terms: Chlorella; Chlorella vulgaris*
  19. Subtopic: Advances in water and wastewater treatment harvesting of Chlorella sp. microalgae using Aspergillus niger as bio-flocculant for aquaculture wastewater treatment
    Mohd Nasir N, Mohd Yunos FH, Wan Jusoh HH, Mohammad A, Lam SS, Jusoh A
    J Environ Manage, 2019 Nov 01;249:109373.
    PMID: 31415924 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109373
    Microalgae have been increasingly used to generate biofuel, thus a sustainable technique should be implemented to harvest the biomass to ensure its existence in the environment. Aspergillus niger was used as bio-flocculant to harvest microalgae from aquaculture wastewater via flocculation technique over a range of pH and mixing rate. The bio-flocculant showed ability to adapt at a wide range of pH from 3.0 to 9.0 and at a mixing rate of 100-150 rpm, producing a harvesting efficiency of higher than 90%. The treated water possessed low concentration of chlorophyll-a (0.3-0.6 mg L-1) and cell density (2 × 106-3 × 106 cell mL-1). These indicate that Aspergillus niger is a promising bio-flocculant to be used in harvesting microalgae, thus promoting the use of flocculation as a green technology in aquaculture wastewater treatment.
    Matched MeSH terms: Chlorella*
  20. Evaluating the application of antibiotic treatment using algae-algae/activated sludge system
    Xiao G, Chen J, Show PL, Yang Q, Ke J, Zhao Q, et al.
    Chemosphere, 2021 Nov;282:130966.
    PMID: 34082314 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130966
    Biological methods are promising treatment methods to remove pollutants from wastewater. Recently, microalgae have been proved to be of strong application potential in wastewater treatment. In this study, a microalga - antibiotic treatment system was built to evaluate the treatment capacity of microalgae in antibiotic wastewater. In the group with Chlorella pyrenoidosa, the removal rate of cefradine was 41.47 ± 0.62% after 24 h of treatment, which was 3.4 times higher than that without microalgae (12.37 ± 2.30%). Algal decomposition was the main removal mechanism. Meanwhile, the effect of multiple microalgae species on antibiotic treatment was studied. The removal rates of cefradine by C. pyrenoidosa cultivated in the filtered fluid of Microcystis aeruginosa were 75.48 ± 0.29%, which was significantly higher than those by C. pyrenoidosa only. Those indicated that multiple microalgae species strategy was a potential enhancement strategy for algae-based antibiotic treatment. Finally, amoxicillin and norfloxacin were used to study the treatment potential of this technology for more different kinds antibiotics and the integration of microalgae with activated sludge was also investigated. Amoxicillin can be quickly removed by microalgae, but the removal effect of norfloxacin by microalgae is poor. The refractory antibiotic norfloxacin can be treated by co-culturing microalgae and activated sludge. Those showed the good expansibility of microalgae-based technology. The findings indicated that with microalgae-based antibiotic removal method has good application potential, and combined with other technologies, it can effectively remove the refractory antibiotics.
    Matched MeSH terms: Chlorella*
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