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Biopolymers production from microalgae and cyanobacteria cultivated in wastewater: Recent advances
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Plastic materials are used to manufacture a broad variety of items with a short useful lifespan, resulting in significant amounts of waste material generation. This form of waste is often observed floating at sea, and different microplastics have been discovered in fish stomachs and women's placentas. Bioplastics are a more biodegradable substitute for fossil-based polymers. Microalgae are capable of producing poly (hydroxy alkanoate) esters (PHAs), aliphatic polyesters that are biodegradable. The most prevalent and well-characterized biopolymer is the poly (3-hydroxy butyrate) ester (PHB), which belongs to the short-chain PHAs. Under aerobic conditions, PHB compounds degrade fully to carbon dioxide and water. They are ecologically neutral, having thermal and mechanical qualities comparable to those of petrochemical polymers. Numerous microalgae species have been reported in the literature to be capable of making bioplastics under certain conditions (N-P restriction, light exposure, etc.), which may be exploited as a source of energy and carbon. To further ameliorate the environmental impact of microalgae culture for bioplastics production, a limited number of published studies have examined the accumulation of bioplastics, from microalgae grown in wastewater, at a concentration of 5.5-65% of dry biomass weight.
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- Authors
- Mastropetros, S. G., Pispas, K., Zagklis, D., Ali, S. S., & Kornaros, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Patras (GR)
- Jiangsu University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Kornaros, Michael
- ORCID
- Venue
- Biotechnology Advances
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2022-11
- Volume
- 60
- Pages
- 107999
- ISSN
- 0734-9750 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4281651842
- Cited by
- 123
- References
- 125
- Citations by year
- 2026: 32 · 2025: 31 · 2024: 23 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 12
- FWCI
- 1.57
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Biotechnology Advances (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Algal biology and biofuel production
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Keywords
- bioplastics, microalgae, cyanobacteria, polyhydroxyalkanoates, polyhydroxybutyrate, wastewater cultivation, microplastics, biodegradable polymers, nitrogen and phosphorus limitation, light exposure, microalgal biomass
- MeSH terms
- Microplastics, Cyanobacteria, Biopolymers, Butyrates, Carbon Dioxide, Esters, Female, Humans, Plastics, Polyesters, Polymers, Water, Microalgae, Wastewater
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