Assortment of Native Microalgae for Improved Biomass and Lipid Production on Employing Vegetable Waste as a Frugal Cultivation Approach for Biodiesel Application
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Enhanced biofuel production strategies from microalgae by employing affordable bio-waste usage are fetching significance, nowadays. This study examines the effect of VWE for enhanced biomass from new indigenous microalgal isolates, Asterarcys sp. SPC, Scenedesmus sp. KT-U, Scenedesmus sp. KTWL-A, Coelastrum sp. T-E, and Chlorella sp. TWL-B. The growth of microalgae in VWE-treated growth media showed considerable increase (1.14-2.3 folds) than control medium (without VWE). Further, two effective native microalgae were selected based on growth in VWE treatment, biomass productivity, and TAG accumulation through statistical clustering analysis. Mixotrophic batch cultivation of Scenedesmus sp. KT-U and Asterarcys sp. SPC cultivated using VWE treatment in the optimum concentration had produced significant average increase in BP (1.8 and 1.4 folds, respectively) than control (without VWE). Whereas in the lipid production phase, there was a noticeable increase in lipid yield in VWE-treated cells of lipid phase (231.8 ± 17.9 mg/L and 243.5 ± 25 mg/L) in Scenedesmus sp. KT-U and Asterarcys sp. SPC, respectively, than in control (140.5 ± 28 mg/L and 166.4 ± 23 mg/L) with considerable TAG accumulation. Thus, this study imparts strain selection process of native microalgae based on vegetable waste usage for improved yield of biomass and lipid amenable for cost-effective biodiesel production.
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Vegetable waste can serve as a valuable nutrient source for cultivating microalgae, thereby mitigating production costs associated with biofuel synthesis.
“A research investigation has unveiled that vegetable waste can serve as a valuable nutrient source for cultivating microalgae, thereby mitigating the production costs associated with biofuel synthesis [50].”
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- Authors
- Karpagam, R., Abinaya, N., & Gnanam, R.
- Affiliations
- Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (IN)
- Corresponding author
- Karpagam, Rathinasamy
- Venue
- Current Microbiology
- Published
- 2021-09-06
- Volume
- 78
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 3770-3781
- ISSN
- 0343-8651 (ISSN-L)
- 1432-0991
- OpenAlex
- W3197361491
- Cited by
- 22
- References
- 46
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 8
- FWCI
- 0.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Current Microbiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, INDIA (File No. DST/INSPIRE Faculty Award/Batch-14/2018 dated 24.01.2019)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Algal biology and biofuel production
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Keywords
- native microalgae, vegetable waste, biodiesel, microalgal biomass, lipid production, triglyceride accumulation, mixotrophic cultivation, Scenedesmus, Chlorella, Coelastrum, strain selection, biomass waste valorization
- MeSH terms
- Chlorella, Lipids, Vegetables, Biomass, Scenedesmus, Biofuels, Microalgae, Wastewater
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