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Bioflocculation: An alternative strategy for harvesting of microalgae - An overview.
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Bioflocculation: An alternative strategy for harvesting of microalgae - An overview.

  • Ummalyma SB Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), Imphal 795001, Manipur, India. Electronic address: sabeela.25@gmail.com.
  • Gnansounou E Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Institute of Urban and Regional Sciences, GC A3, Station 18, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Sukumaran RK Centre for Biofuels, Microbial Processes and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivandrum 695019, India.
  • Sindhu R Centre for Biofuels, Microbial Processes and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivandrum 695019, India.
  • Pandey A Centre for Biofuels, Microbial Processes and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivandrum 695019, India; Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing (CIAB), Mohali 160 071, India.
  • Sahoo D Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), Imphal 795001, Manipur, India.
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  • 2017-03-19
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  • Bioresource technology. - 2017
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Bioflocculation
Biofuels
Co-culture
Microalgae
Biofuels
Biomass
Culture Media
Flocculation
Microalgae
English Microalgae based research has been extensively progressed for the production of value added products and biofuels. Potential application of microalgae for biofuel is recently gained more attention for possibilities of biodiesel and other high value metabolites. However, high cost of production of biomass associated with harvesting technologies is one of the major bottleneck for commercialization of algae based industrial product. Based on the operation economics, harvesting efficiency, technological possibilities, flocculation of algal biomass is a superior method for harvesting microalgae from the growth medium. In this article, latest trends of microalgal cell harvesting through flocculation are reviewed with emphasis on current progress and prospect in environmental friendly bio-based flocculation approach. Bio-flocculation based microalgae harvesting technologies is a promising strategy for low cost microalgal biomass production for various applications.
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