The DOI matches its Crossref record; 86 of the 89 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.
Removal of nitrogen from wastewater using microalgae and microalgae–bacteria consortia
Open accessAbstract
Exceeding nitrogen discharge into natural water bodies can lead to eutrophication in natural aquatic environments, as well as the decline in shellfish habitat and aquatic plant life. Currently, bacterial biological treatment process is the most common process employed in wastewater treatment plants, which requires extensive oxygen. The large demand for oxygen provided by mechanical aeration is costly and can strip out volatile compounds. Microalgae are photosynthetic micro-organisms, which can be a good source of oxygen in the wastewater treatment process. The effect of using microalgae, either solo or in consortia systems along with other micro-organisms (mainly bacteria) have been studied by researchers to improve their contaminant removal efficiency. In a consortia system, microalgae generate oxygen through photosynthesis to satisfy the oxygen requirement of bacteria. Simultaneously, they also remove contaminating nutrients throughout their growth cycle. Various factors affect the performance of the consortia systems such as lighting, pH, and species of microalgae and bacteria. Since microalgae are suspended and dispersed in the media, harvesting is crucial to achieving a high-quality effluent. This paper presents an overview on nitrogen removal from wastewater using different types of systems including microalgae solo and microalgae–bacteria consortia systems. The parameters that affect system performance as well as biomass harvesting methods are also discussed.
Overview
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Verification
Claims the paper makes
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
In the citing paper
“Therefore, the use of microalgae–bacteria consortia in wastewater treatment has been widely studied, revealing that the microbial community plays an important role on the performance of the system [98,99,100].”
From Toward the Enhancement of Microalgal Metabolite Production through Microalgae–Bacteria Consortia (2021) · cites this paper as [100]
Citations
Cites
Wastewater engineering : treatment and reuse
Metcalf, & Eddy (2004) · McGraw-Hill eBooks · Cited by 9,028
Recovery of microalgal biomass and metabolites: Process options and economics
Molina Grima, E., Belarbi, E.-H., Acién Fernández, F. G., Robles Medina, A., & Chisti, Y. (2003) · Biotechnology Advances · doi:10.1016/s0734-9750(02)00050-2 · Cited by 2,286
Heterotrophic cultures of microalgae: Metabolism and potential products
Perez‐Garcia, O., Escalante, F. M. E., de‐Bashan, L. E., & Yoav Bashan, A. (2010) · Water Research · doi:10.1016/j.watres.2010.08.037 · Cited by 1,820
Shi, C., & Nof, D. (1938) · Nature · doi:10.1038/141548c0 · Cited by 1,710
Nutrient recovery from wastewater streams by microalgae: Status and prospects
Cai, T., Park, S. Y., & Li, Y. (2012) · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.rser.2012.11.030 · Cited by 1,640
Algal–bacterial processes for the treatment of hazardous contaminants: A review
Muñoz, R., & Guieysse, B. (2006) · Water Research · doi:10.1016/j.watres.2006.06.011 · Cited by 1,550
The Potential of Sustainable Algal Biofuel Production Using Wastewater Resources
Pittman, J. K., Dean, A. P., & Osundeko, O. (2011) · Bioresource Technology · doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2010.06.035 · Cited by 1,526
Algae-bacteria interactions: Evolution, ecology and emerging applications
Ramanan, R., Kim, B.-H., Cho, D.-H., Oh, H.-M., & Kim, H.-S. (2016) · Biotechnology Advances · doi:10.1016/j.biotechadv.2015.12.003 · Cited by 1,301
Manual on the production and use of live food for aquaculture
Lavens, P., & Sorgeloos, P. (1996) · Medical Entomology and Zoology · Cited by 986
Handbook of Microalgal Culture: Applied Phycology and Biotechnology
(2013) · doi:10.1002/9781118567166 · Cited by 979
Research works printed but not linked: 9
- Brown T., 2001, Watershed Protection Techniques, 3, 771
- 10.1111/ppl.1994.91.issue-4 · DOI
- 10.1111/jpy.2008.44.issue-4 · DOI
- 10.1002/9781118567166 · DOI · Paper page
- Halfhide T., 2015, Bio Energy Research, 8, 249
- Masojıdek J., 2004, Handbook of Microalgal Culture: Applied Phycology and Biotechnology, 20
- Oilgae, 2010, Oilgae guide to algae-based wastewater treatment: A sample report
- Priyadarshani I., 2012, Journal of Algal Biomass Utilization, 3, 89
- Vandaele S., 2000, Small Wastewater Treatment Plants Management of Sludges and Leachates, 280
Cited by
Sorted by citations
Interactions of microalgae-bacteria consortia for nutrient removal from wastewater: A review
Fallahi, A., Rezvani, F., Asgharnejad, H., Nazloo, E. K., Hajinajaf, N., & Higgins, B. T. (2021) · Chemosphere · doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.129878 · Cited by 409
Progress and challenges of contaminate removal from wastewater using microalgae biomass
Ahmed, S. F., Mofijur, M., Parisa, T. A., Islam, N., Kusumo, F., Inayat, A., Le, V. G., Badruddin, I. A., Khan, T. M. Y., & Ong, H. C. (2022) · Chemosphere · doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131656 · Cited by 325
A review on algal-bacterial symbiotic system for effective treatment of wastewater
Saravanan, A., Kumar, P. S., Varjani, S., Jeevanantham, S., Yaashikaa, P. R., Thamarai, P., Baskaran, A., & George, C. S. (2021) · Chemosphere · doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.129540 · Cited by 276
Microalgae biomass from swine wastewater and its conversion to bioenergy
Cheng, D. L., Ngo, H. H., Guo, W., Chang, S. W., Nguyen, D. D., & Kumar, S. M. (2018) · Bioresource Technology · doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2018.12.019 · Cited by 251
Ammonium Utilization in Microalgae: A Sustainable Method for Wastewater Treatment
Salbitani, G., & Carfagna, S. (2021) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su13020956 · Cited by 245
Metadata
- Authors
- Jia, H., & Yuan, Q.
- Affiliations
- University of Manitoba (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Yuan, Qiuyan
- Venue
- Cogent Environmental Science
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2016-12-31
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1275089
- ISSN
- 2331-1843 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2562737983
- Cited by
- 216
- References
- 89
- Citations by year
- 2026: 20 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 33 · 2022: 31 · 2021: 28 · 2020: 27 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 18 · 2017: 2
- FWCI
- 3.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Sustainable Environment (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Algal biology and biofuel production
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
- Keywords
- nitrogen removal, wastewater treatment, microalgae, microalgae-bacteria consortia, eutrophication, microalgae harvesting, biomass harvesting, nutrient removal
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review
