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ReviewACS omega2025

Microalgae-Based Wastewater Treatment and Biomass Valorization: Insights, Challenges, and Opportunities from 15 Years of Research.

Maria Lúcia Calijuri, Eduardo de Aguiar Do Couto, Paula Peixoto Assemany, Vinicius José Ribeiro, Juliana Ferreira Lorentz, Jackeline de Siqueira Castro, Letícia Rodrigues de Assis, Adriana Paulo de Sousa Oliveira, Alexia Saleme Aona de Paula Pereira, Bianca Barros Marangon and 6 more

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Review in ACS omega, 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

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Maria Lúcia CalijuriPost-Graduate Programm in Civil Engineering, Center for Advanced Research in Microalgae, Federal University of Viçosa (universidade Federal de Viçosa), University Campus, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36.570-900, Brazil.
Eduardo de Aguiar Do CoutoPost-Graduate Programm in Environmental Engineering, Environmental Engineering Department, Federal University of Lavras (universidade Federal de Lavras), University Campus, Lavras, Minas Gerais 37.203-202, Brazil.
Paula Peixoto AssemanyPost-Graduate Programm in Environmental Engineering, Environmental Engineering Department, Federal University of Lavras (universidade Federal de Lavras), University Campus, Lavras, Minas Gerais 37.203-202, Brazil.
Vinicius José RibeiroPost-Graduate Programm in Civil Engineering, Center for Advanced Research in Microalgae, Federal University of Viçosa (universidade Federal de Viçosa), University Campus, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36.570-900, Brazil.
Juliana Ferreira LorentzPost-Graduate Programm in Civil Engineering, Center for Advanced Research in Microalgae, Federal University of Viçosa (universidade Federal de Viçosa), University Campus, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36.570-900, Brazil.
Jackeline de Siqueira CastroPost-Graduate Programm in Civil Engineering, Center for Advanced Research in Microalgae, Federal University of Viçosa (universidade Federal de Viçosa), University Campus, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36.570-900, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4308-1336
Letícia Rodrigues de AssisPost-Graduate Programm in Civil Engineering, Center for Advanced Research in Microalgae, Federal University of Viçosa (universidade Federal de Viçosa), University Campus, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36.570-900, Brazil.
Adriana Paulo de Sousa OliveiraPost-Graduate Programm in Civil Engineering, Center for Advanced Research in Microalgae, Federal University of Viçosa (universidade Federal de Viçosa), University Campus, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36.570-900, Brazil.
Alexia Saleme Aona de Paula PereiraPost-Graduate Programm in Civil Engineering, Center for Advanced Research in Microalgae, Federal University of Viçosa (universidade Federal de Viçosa), University Campus, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36.570-900, Brazil.
Bianca Barros MarangonPost-Graduate Programm in Civil Engineering, Center for Advanced Research in Microalgae, Federal University of Viçosa (universidade Federal de Viçosa), University Campus, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36.570-900, Brazil.
Iara Barbosa MagalhãesPost-Graduate Programm in Civil Engineering, Center for Advanced Research in Microalgae, Federal University of Viçosa (universidade Federal de Viçosa), University Campus, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36.570-900, Brazil.
Thiago Abrantes SilvaPost-Graduate Programm in Civil Engineering, Center for Advanced Research in Microalgae, Federal University of Viçosa (universidade Federal de Viçosa), University Campus, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36.570-900, Brazil.
Jéssica FerreiraPost-Graduate Programm in Civil Engineering, Center for Advanced Research in Microalgae, Federal University of Viçosa (universidade Federal de Viçosa), University Campus, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36.570-900, Brazil.
Matheus Quintão BragaPost-Graduate Programm in Civil Engineering, Center for Advanced Research in Microalgae, Federal University of Viçosa (universidade Federal de Viçosa), University Campus, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36.570-900, Brazil.
Rafael Carvalho Nogueira da GamaPost-Graduate Programm in Civil Engineering, Center for Advanced Research in Microalgae, Federal University of Viçosa (universidade Federal de Viçosa), University Campus, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36.570-900, Brazil.
Bruno Silva HenriquesPost-Graduate Programm in Civil Engineering, Center for Advanced Research in Microalgae, Federal University of Viçosa (universidade Federal de Viçosa), University Campus, Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36.570-900, Brazil.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study highlights 15 years of research conducted at the Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil, on utilizing microalgae for wastewater treatment and biomass valorization within the biorefinery framework. High-rate algal ponds (HRAPs) have emerged as an accessible, efficient, and sustainable technology for decentralized sanitation, particularly in remote areas. The research findings, consistent with global studies, demonstrate that strategies such as ultraviolet (UV) predisinfection and carbon dioxide (CO

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PMID41179135
PMCPMC12572981

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