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The Use of Chlorella species to Remove Nutrients from Dairy Wastewater to Produce Livestock Feed

Luzzi, S. C., Gardner, R. G., & Heins, B. (2024) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su16041382 · Cited by 7 · see citing works

Optimization of Chlorella vulgaris cultivation grown in waste molasses syrup using mixture design

Mohammadi, F. S., & Arabian, D. (2022) · Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society · doi:10.1002/aocs.12656 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Advancing Circular Economy through Microalgae-Based Wastewater Treatment: Life Cycle Assessment of Industrial Nutrient Valorization in Northern Greece

Batsioula, M., Tsalidis, G. A., Anagnostopoulou, C., Papachristou, I., Kougias, P., Spiliotis, X., & Banias, G. (2026) · Circular Economy and Sustainability · doi:10.1007/s43615-026-01001-2 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Mixotrophic microalgal mixed cultures for cheese whey valorizationPreprint

de Almeida, M. P. G., Mondini, C., Bruant, G., Tremblay, J., Mockaitis, G., & Weissbrodt, D. G. (2023) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.1101/2023.10.24.563819 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Practical Aquafeeds Incorporating Insect and Algae Meals Achieve Quality and Growth Standards Comparable to Traditional Feeds in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Faccenda, F., Ciani, E., Rossi, L., Pereira, G. D. V., Secci, G., Dias, J. P., & Conceição, L. E. C. (2026) · Animals · doi:10.3390/ani16071000 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Life Cycle Assessment of Algal Biofuels

Kumari, N., Singh, K. S., & Arora, P. (2022) · Clean Energy Production Technologies · doi:10.1007/978-981-16-4509-9_4 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Bioactive compounds in marine microalgae for nutritional and pharmaceutical applications

Cheng, P., Shan, S., Guo, J., Song, X., Han, J., Zhou, C., Yan, X., & Ruan, R. R. (2025) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-443-24006-5.00015-8 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Challenges and Perspectives for Alternative Media in Microalgae Cultivation: Main Substrates and Approaches and Potential of Alternative Derived Biomasses as Source of Bioactives

Silva, F. D. A., de Medeiros, V. P. B., da Costa, W. K. A., Santos, R. L. D., Somera, T. M., Pimentel, T. C., & Magnani, M. (2024) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-61253-4_10

Algae industry and the farm to fork strategy

Fernández‐Ríos, A., Laso, J., García, R. A., & Margallo, M. (2025) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-443-22080-7.00026-0

Life cycle assessment of nutrient removal and recovery processes

Güven, H., Erşahin, M. E., & Özgün, H. (2026) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-443-40602-7.00010-3

Effects of early dietary inclusion of untreated or extruded Chlorella vulgaris, with pancreatin supplementation of the extruded biomass, on broiler performance and meat quality

Mendes, A. R., Carvalho, D. F. P., Spínola, M. P., Madacussengua, O., Martins, C. F., Ferreira, J. I., Fontes, A. M. R., Mourato, M. P., Davis, A. J., de Almeida, A. M., et al. (2026) · Veterinary and Animal Science · doi:10.1016/j.vas.2026.100884

Life cycle assessment of Dunaliella salina powder production: evaluating environmental sustainability and resource impacts

Altınay, C., Fidan, M., Woodhouse, A., Konar, N., Atalar, İ., Palabıyık, İ., Atar, H. H., Tamtürk, F., & Toker, Ö. S. (2026) · Sustainable Food Technology · doi:10.1039/d6fb00190d · Cited by 1 · see citing works

Sustainable production of microalgae in raceways: Nutrients and water management as key factors influencing environmental impacts

Herrera, A., D’Imporzano, G., Acién, F. G., & Adani, F. (2020) · Journal of Cleaner Production · doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125005 · Cited by 129 · see citing works

Autotrophic and heterotrophic microalgae and cyanobacteria cultivation for food and feed: life cycle assessment

Smetana, S. M., Sandmann, M., Rohn, S., Pleißner, D., & Heinz, V. (2017) · Bioresource Technology · doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2017.08.113 · Cited by 308 · see citing works

Mixotrophic cultivation of Chlorella vulgaris using industrial dairy waste as organic carbon source

Abreu, A. P., Fernandes, B., Vicente, A. A., Teixeira, J., & Dragone, G. (2012) · Bioresource Technology · doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2012.05.055 · Cited by 408 · see citing works

Life cycle assessment of hetero- and phototrophic as well as combined cultivations of Galdieria sulphuraria

Thielemann, A. K., Smetana, S. M., & Pleißner, D. (2021) · Bioresource Technology · doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125227 · Cited by 16 · see citing works

Distinct microalgae species for food—part 1: a methodological (top-down) approach for the life cycle assessment of microalgae cultivation in tubular photobioreactors

Schade, S., & Meier, T. (2020) · Journal of Applied Phycology · doi:10.1007/s10811-020-02177-2 · Cited by 42 · see citing works