ReviewEnvironmental science and ecotechnology2023
Microalgae-based wastewater treatment: Mechanisms, challenges, recent advances, and future prospects.
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74 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 664 citations in OpenAlex.
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- An Overview of Bioproducts from Wastewater-Grown Microalgae: Recent Advancements, Economic and Feasibility Concerns.Microorganisms · 2026Review
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- Selective carbonate radicals generation via hydraulically driven piezo-catalysis for polymerization-based removal of phenolic pollutants.Nature communications · 2026Article
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- DUR3 as a Molecular Lever for Coordinated Nitrogen and Phosphorus Uptake in Microalgae.Biology · 2026Article
- Isolation and Characterization of Microalgae Isolates from Hydroponic Effluent Water: Metagenomics and Biotechnological Insights.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- Systems-Level Optimization of Hybrid Produced Water Treatment Systems for Sustainable Oil and Gas Production: A Review of Current Technologies.Global challenges (Hoboken, NJ) · 2026Review
- Phosphorus Loading Drives Microalgal Community Changes and Enhances Nutrient Removal in Photobioreactors Treating Synthetic Wastewater.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Bioremediation of alkaline corn wastewater with Haematococcus pluvialis under laboratory and 100 L raceway pond conditions.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Sustainable bioremediation of undiluted matured compost leachate and enhanced lipid partitioning inFrontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
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12 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
The rapid expansion of both the global economy and the human population has led to a shortage of water resources suitable for direct human consumption. As a result, water remediation will inexorably become the primary focus on a global scale. Microalgae can be grown in various types of wastewaters (WW). They have a high potential to remove contaminants from the effluents of industries and urban areas. This review focuses on recent advances on WW remediation through microalgae cultivation. Attention has already been paid to microalgae-based wastewater treatment (WWT) due to its low energy requirements, the strong ability of microalgae to thrive under diverse environmental conditions, and the potential to transform WW nutrients into high-value compounds. It turned out that microalgae-based WWT is an economical and sustainable solution. Moreover, different types of toxins are removed by microalgae through biosorption, bioaccumulation, and biodegradation processes. Examples are toxins from agricultural runoffs and textile and pharmaceutical industrial effluents. Microalgae have the potential to mitigate carbon dioxide and make use of the micronutrients that are present in the effluents. This review paper highlights the application of microalgae in WW remediation and the remediation of diverse types of pollutants commonly present in WW through different mechanisms, simultaneous resource recovery, and efficient microalgae-based co-culturing systems along with bottlenecks and prospects.
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