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Review3 Biotech2025

Advancements in photobioreactor designs for development of microalgal biorefinery toward integrated remediation of industrial wastewater and product recovery.

Manish Kumar, Amandeep Brar, Rajni Kumari, V Vivekanand, Nidhi Pareek

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Review in 3 Biotech, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 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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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Manish Kumar *Applied BioCatalysis Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, Bandarsindri, Kishangarh, Ajmer, Rajasthan 305817 India.
Amandeep Brar *Applied BioCatalysis Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, Bandarsindri, Kishangarh, Ajmer, Rajasthan 305817 India.
Rajni KumariApplied BioCatalysis Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, Bandarsindri, Kishangarh, Ajmer, Rajasthan 305817 India.
V VivekanandCentre for Energy and Environment, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302017 India.
Nidhi PareekApplied BioCatalysis Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, Bandarsindri, Kishangarh, Ajmer, Rajasthan 305817 India.ORCID 0000-0002-3710-5522

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microalgae are considered as the most promising self-reliant feedstock and a potential source of value-added products viz. carbohydrates, carotenoids, lipids, proteins, and polymers, for applications in food and nutrition, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and biofuels. The mandate for sustainable production of various renewable and value-added products has exaggerated microalgae cultivation. However, the commercial applications of microalgae-based value-added products are still limited due to the high production cost. The present study has systematically discussed various photobioreactor archetypes along with physicochemical factors (light, temperature, pH, nutrients, mixing, oxygen and carbon dioxide concentration, gas exchange, salinity) affecting biomass productivity and process integrations. The study has also highlighted the modeling and simulation of bioreactor designs along with applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the design and process development. Microalgae-based circular bioeconomy has also been discussed. The study present valuable perspectives for subsequent investigations focused on creating commercially feasible, large-scale microalgae growth systems. Development of sustainable strategies is required for rationalized nutrient recycling and bioproducts recovery in process coupling for elevation in microalgal biomass productivity for commercial applications.

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BiofuelBiomassLipid metabolismMicroalgaeSimulationStress

Identifiers

PMID40740982
PMCPMC12304341

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