Mass culture of algae for the production of biofuels is a developing technology designed to offset the depletion of fossil fuel reserves. However, large scale culture of algae in open ponds can be challenging because of incidences of infestation with algal parasites. Without knowledge of the identity of the specific parasite and how to control these pests, algal-based biofuel production will be...

this study was carried out from june to october 2008 in nansi lake. based on the data collected from five sampling stations, phytoplankton taxonomic composition, abundance, temporal variations and spatial distribution were examined. about 94 species, including 48 species of chlorophyta, 22 species of bacillariophyta, and 1 water bloom causative species were identified. average phytoplankton div...

Huge amounts of Wastewaters (WWs) are produced yearly by the hydrofracking impermeable rock formations for extraction oil or natural gas. Flowback (FWs) characterized high contents inorganic contaminants and hydrocarbons thus representing a relevant threat environment. In this work three hydrocarbon-tolerant microalgae have been cultivated in flowback water generated during hydraulic fracturing...

This study investigated the responses to a green algae mixture of Scenedesmus dimorphus and Schroederiella apiculata (SC) containing protein (46.1% of dry algae), insoluble fibre (19.6% of dry algae), minerals (3.7% of dry algae) and omega-3 fatty acids (2.8% of dry algae) as a dietary intervention in a high carbohydrate, high fat diet-induced metabolic syndrome model in four groups of male Wis...

Microalgae produce a wide range of lipid compounds of potential commercial interest. Total lipid extraction performed by conventional extraction methods, relying on the chloroform-methanol solvent system are too laborious and time consuming for screening large numbers of samples. In this study, three previous extraction methods devised by Folch et al. (1957), Bligh and Dyer (1959) and Selstam a...

Scenedesmus dimorphus was utilized for the tertiary treatment of municipal wastewater in an effort to remove nutrients from secondary treated wastewater. In addition concurrent generation biomass containing lipids biofuel production. The effect nitrogen phosphorous (N:P) ratios (1:1 8:1) culture media without carbon dioxide (CO2) supplementation (air supply alone, Case 1) and with CO2 (2% air, ...