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Effects of bacterial communities on biofuel-producing microalgae: Stimulation, inhibition and harvesting

Wang, Hui, Hill, Russell T., Zheng, Tianling, Hu, Xiaoke, Wang, Bin·2016·Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

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Despite the great interest in microalgae as a potential source of biofuel to substitute for fossil fuels, little information is available on the effects of bacterial symbionts in mass algal cultivation systems. The bacterial communities associated with microalgae are a crucial factor in the process of microalgal biomass and lipid production and may stimulate or inhibit growth of biofuel-producing microalgae. In addition, we discuss here the potential use of bacteria to harvest biofuel-producing microalgae. We propose that aggregation of microalgae by bacteria to achieve >90% reductions in volume followed by centrifugation could be an economic approach for harvesting of biofuel-producing microalgae. Our aims in this review are to promote understanding of the effects of bacterial communities on microalgae and draw attention to the importance of this topic in the microalgal biofuel field.

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  • Another bacterium, designated as strain HW001, was capable of aggregating several microalgae and cyanobacteria species, including potential biofuel-producing microalgae, such as N. oceanica, without affecting the lipid content.

    “Another bacterium, designated as strain HW001, was capable of aggregating several microalgae and cyanobacteria species, including potential biofuel-producing microalgae, such as N. oceanica, without affecting the lipid content [14,125].”

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Authors
Wang, H., Hill, R. T., Zheng, T., Hu, X., & Wang, B.
Affiliations
  • University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
  • Xiamen University (CN)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
Corresponding author
Wang, Hui
Venue
Critical Reviews in Biotechnology
Published
2014-09-29
Volume
36
Issue
2
Pages
341-352
ISSN
  • 0738-8551 (ISSN-L)
  • 1549-7801
OpenAlex
W1970249036
Cited by
131
References
118
Citations by year
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FWCI
0.32
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Critical Reviews in Biotechnology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Knowledge Repository of Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, CAS (Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
Keywords
microalgae, bacterial communities, symbiotic bacteria, biofuel production, microalgal biomass, lipid production, algal growth stimulation, algal growth inhibition, microalgae harvesting
MeSH terms
Symbiosis, Biofuels, Microalgae, Microbial Consortia

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