Cited by 185Algal biology and biofuel productionCoagulation and Flocculation StudiesWastewater Treatment and Reuse

Co-culture of fungi-microalgae consortium for wastewater treatment: a review

Leng, Lijian, Li, Wenting, Chen, Jie, Leng, Songqi, Chen, Jiefeng, Wei, Liang, Peng, Haoyi, Li, Jun +2 more·2021·Bioresource Technology

Abstract

The treatment of wastewater by microalgae has been studied and proved to be effective through previous studies. Due to the small size of microalgae, how to efficiently harvest microalgae from wastewater is a crucial factor restricting the development of algal technologies. Fungi-assisted microalgae bio-flocculation for microalgae harvesting and wastewater treatment simultaneously, which was overlooked previously, has attracted increasing attention in the recent decade due to its low cost and high efficiency. This review found that fungal hyphae and microalgae can stick together due to electrostatic neutralization, surface protein interaction, and exopolysaccharide adhesion in the co-culture process, realizing co-pelletization of microalgae and fungi, which is conducive to microalgae harvesting. Besides, the combination of fungi and microalgae has a complementary effect on pollutant removal from wastewaters. The co-culture of fungi-microalgae has excellent development prospects with both environmental and economic benefits, and it is expected to be applied on an industrial scale.

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  • The synergic interaction between microalgae and fungi/yeast involves microalgae generating O2 for biomass synthesis, then yeast utilizing O2 for cellular respiration resulting in carbon substance disintegration and releasing CO2 required for microalgal photosynthesis.

    “The synergic interaction between microalgae and fungi/yeast is abbreviated as generating O2 by microalgae for biomass synthesis. Then yeast utilizes O2 for cellular respiration resulting in carbon substance disintegration releasing CO2 required for microalgal photosynthesis [203].”

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Authors
Leng, L., Li, W., Chen, J., Leng, S., Chen, J., Wei, L., Peng, H., Li, J., Zhou, W., & Huang, H.
Affiliations
  • Central South University (CN)
  • Nanchang University (CN)
  • Jiangxi Agricultural University (CN)
Corresponding author
Huang, Huajun
Venue
Bioresource Technology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2021-06
Volume
330
Pages
125008
ISSN
0960-8524 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3139470224
Cited by
185
References
135
Citations by year
2026: 29 · 2025: 39 · 2024: 44 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 40 · 2021: 7
FWCI
1.44
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Bioresource Technology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Natural Science Foundation of China (51808278, 2018ABC28006, 31960734)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Coagulation and Flocculation Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
Keywords
microalgae harvesting, bioflocculation, wastewater treatment, fungal hyphae, electrostatic neutralization, pollutant removal
MeSH terms
Flocculation, Fungi, Biomass, Coculture Techniques, Microalgae, Wastewater

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