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ReviewBioengineered2023

Bioengineering strategies of microalgae biomass for biofuel production: recent advancement and insight.

Thanigaivel Sundaram, Saravanan Rajendran, Lalitha Gnanasekaran, Nova Rachmadona, Jheng-Jie Jiang, Kuan Shiong Khoo, Pau Loke Show

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Review in Bioengineered, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  3. Article
  4. Enhancing Biomass and Lipid Production inLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
    Article
  5. Review
  6. Microalgae Biotechnology: Methods and Applications.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
    Article
  7. Biobutanol production from underutilized substrates usingCurrent research in microbial sciences · 2024
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Thanigaivel SundaramDepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science & Humanities, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Tamil Nadu, India.
Saravanan RajendranDepartamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile.
Lalitha GnanasekaranDepartamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile.
Nova RachmadonaDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Universitas Padjadjaran, West Java, Indonesia.
Jheng-Jie JiangAdvanced Environmental Ultra Research Laboratory (ADVENTURE) & Department of Environmental Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Kuan Shiong KhooDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Pau Loke ShowDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0002-0913-5409

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Algae-based biofuel developed over the past decade has become a viable substitute for petroleum-based energy sources. Due to their high lipid accumulation rates and low carbon dioxide emissions, microalgal species are considered highly valuable feedstock for biofuel generation. This review article presented the importance of biofuel and the flaws that need to be overcome to ensure algae-based biofuels are effective for future-ready bioenergy sources. Besides, several issues related to the optimization and engineering strategies to be implemented for microalgae-based biofuel derivatives and their production were evaluated. In addition, the fundamental studies on the microalgae technology, experimental cultivation, and engineering processes involved in the development are all measures that are commendably used in the pre-treatment processes. The review article also provides a comprehensive overview of the latest findings about various algae species cultivation and biomass production. It concludes with the most recent data on environmental consequences, their relevance to global efforts to create microalgae-based biomass as effective biofuels, and the most significant threats and future possibilities.

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BiofuelsMicroalgaeBioengineeringBiomassBiomedical EngineeringBiofuelsbioengineering strategiesbiofuelsbiomassMicroalgaesustainability

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PMID37661811
PMCPMC10478748

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