Whole cell microalgae: potential to transform industry waste into sustainable ruminant feed
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• Microalgae may offer dual benefits, lowering carbon dioxide and methane emissions. • Microalgae capture CO 2 from breweries, converting it into nutrient-rich biomass. • Microalgae and brewers spent grain could create anti-methanogenic ruminant feed. • Scaling microalgae for commercial feed faces regulatory and logistical barriers. • Microalgae could turn industrial waste into a climate‐positive feed resource. Microalgae offer an innovative solution for utilizing industrial waste to produce sustainable ruminant feed. With strong carbon capture capabilities, they play a vital role in biological carbon capture and utilization. Advances in biotechnology enable the use of industrial waste streams, offering a pathway to reducing carbon emissions and cultivation costs. Extensive research highlights microalgae’s nutritional and anti-methanogenic benefits for ruminants, yet they remain commercially unutilized in feed. To address cultivation limitations, this review explores advancements in algae carbon capture biotechnology and proposes brewery waste to support algae cultivation. In addition, the challenges and bottlenecks that remain to be overcome for future commercial translation of this strategy are presented. This review establishes a theoretical solution for integrating microalgae into high-emission industries like breweries and utilization of algae biomass to reduce agricultural emissions.
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Studies show that microalgae cultivation can fix between 1.83 and 1.88 kg of CO2 per kilogram of dry biomass produced, contributing significantly to the net reduction of greenhouse gas release when associated with industrial carbon sources.
“Studies show that microalgae cultivation can fix between 1.83 and 1.88 kg of CO2 per kilogram of dry biomass produced, contributing significantly to the net reduction of greenhouse gas release when associated with industrial carbon sources (You et al., 2022; Picknell et al., 2025).”
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“Studies show that microalgae cultivation can fi x between 1.83 and 1.88 kg of CO 2 per kilogram of dry biomass produced, contributing signi fi cantly to the net reduction of greenhouse gas release when associated with industrial carbon sources (You et al., 2022; Picknell et al., 2025).”
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Kinetic modelling of Chlorella spp. wastewater treatment and resource recovery in the food industry
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- Authors
- Picknell, K. J., Poddar, N., McCauley, J. I., Chaves, A. V., & Ralph, P. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Technology Sydney (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Poddar, Nature
- Venue
- Bioresource Technology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2025-08
- Volume
- 430
- Pages
- 132547
- ISSN
- 0960-8524 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4409450138
- Cited by
- 8
- References
- 137
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 3
- FWCI
- 0.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Bioresource Technology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Meat and Livestock Australia
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Algal biology and biofuel production
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Aquatic Science › Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
- Keywords
- microalgae, brewer's spent grain, ruminant feed, CO2 capture, CO2 utilization, brewery waste, industrial waste valorization, methane mitigation, algae cultivation, commercialization barriers
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Animal Feed, Biotechnology, Industrial Waste, Ruminants, Biomass, Biofuels, Microalgae
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