TY - JOUR

T1 - Recent developments in microalgal conversion of organic-enriched waste streams

AU - Solovchenko, Alexei

AU - Lukyanov, Alexandr

AU - Aswathanarayana, Ravishankar Gokare

AU - Pleissner, Daniel

AU - Ambati, Ranga Rao

PY - 2020/8

Y1 - 2020/8

N2 - Industry, agriculture, and residential areas generate increasing volumes of waste streams enriched with organic pollutants. Without proper treatment, they threaten the environment, but can be valorized with suitable microalgal biotechnologies. Although their development has a long history, recent years are marked with a boom of research in this field. This trend is fueled by the transition to circular bioeconomy gaining momentum all over the world. Current trends include the conversion of nutrients, including organics, nitrogen, and especially phosphorus from waste streams to environmentally friendly biofertilizer, detoxication of dangerous xenobiotics (pesticides and antibiotics), as well as the implementation of advanced omics methods for monitoring of treatment and designing of robust algal–bacterial consortia. Here, we review the recent developments highlighting the trends mentioned above.

AB - Industry, agriculture, and residential areas generate increasing volumes of waste streams enriched with organic pollutants. Without proper treatment, they threaten the environment, but can be valorized with suitable microalgal biotechnologies. Although their development has a long history, recent years are marked with a boom of research in this field. This trend is fueled by the transition to circular bioeconomy gaining momentum all over the world. Current trends include the conversion of nutrients, including organics, nitrogen, and especially phosphorus from waste streams to environmentally friendly biofertilizer, detoxication of dangerous xenobiotics (pesticides and antibiotics), as well as the implementation of advanced omics methods for monitoring of treatment and designing of robust algal–bacterial consortia. Here, we review the recent developments highlighting the trends mentioned above.

KW - Chemistry

KW - Biology

KW - Microalgae

KW - Biofertilizer

KW - Xenobiotics

KW - Leachate

KW - Biotreatment

KW - Algal-bacterial consortia

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85084396152&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.cogsc.2020.03.006

DO - 10.1016/j.cogsc.2020.03.006

M3 - Scientific review articles

VL - 24

SP - 61

EP - 66

JO - Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry

JF - Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry

SN - 2452-2236

ER -