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Vatanpour V, Salimi Khaligh S, Sertgumec S, Ceylan-Perver G, Yuksekdag A, Yavuzturk Gul B, Altinbas M, Koyuncu I. A review on algal biomass dewatering and recovery of microalgal-based valuable products with different membrane technologies. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2024; 371:123182. [PMID: 39504662 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.123182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2024] [Revised: 10/07/2024] [Accepted: 10/31/2024] [Indexed: 11/08/2024]
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Efficient microalgae harvesting and dewatering are critical processes for a range of applications, including the production of raw materials, nutritional supplements, pharmaceuticals, sustainable biofuels, and wastewater treatment. The optimization of these processes poses significant challenges due to the need for high efficiency and sustainability while managing costs and energy consumption. This review comprehensively addresses these challenges by focusing on the development and application of various membrane filtration technologies specifically designed for the effective harvesting and dewatering of algal biomass. Membrane filtration has emerged as a predominant method due to its ability to handle large volumes of microalgae with relatively low energy requirements. This review systematically examines the different membrane-based technologies and their effectiveness in recovering valuable components from algal biomass, such as lipids, proteins, and carbohydrates. The discussion begins with an overview of the physical characteristics of microalgae and their cultivation conditions, which are critical for understanding how these factors influence the performance of membrane filtration processes. Key aspects such as the features of algal cells, the presence of algal organic matter, and transparent exopolymer particles are explored in detail. The review also delves into various strategies for improving membrane antifouling properties, which are essential for maintaining the efficiency and longevity of the filtration systems. In addition, the advantages and disadvantages of different membrane techniques are reviewed, highlighting their respective performance in separating microalgae and dewatering. Finally, the review offers insights into future research directions and technological advancements that could further enhance the efficiency and sustainability of microalgae processing. This comprehensive evaluation aims to provide a thorough understanding of current membrane technologies, their applications, and the ongoing developments necessary to overcome existing limitations and improve overall process performance.
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- Vahid Vatanpour
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Kharazmi University, 15719-14911, Tehran, Iran; National Research Center on Membrane Technologies, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, 34469, Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, 34469, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, 34469, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, 34469, Istanbul, Turkey
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- National Research Center on Membrane Technologies, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, 34469, Istanbul, Turkey; Department of Environmental Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, 34469, Istanbul, Turkey
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- National Research Center on Membrane Technologies, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, 34469, Istanbul, Turkey; Department of Environmental Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, 34469, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, 34469, Istanbul, Turkey
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- National Research Center on Membrane Technologies, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, 34469, Istanbul, Turkey; Department of Environmental Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, 34469, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Sinetova MA, Kupriyanova EV, Los DA. Spirulina/Arthrospira/Limnospira-Three Names of the Single Organism. Foods 2024; 13:2762. [PMID: 39272527 PMCID: PMC11395459 DOI: 10.3390/foods13172762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2024] [Revised: 08/20/2024] [Accepted: 08/21/2024] [Indexed: 09/15/2024] Open
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Recent advances in research techniques have enabled rapid progress in the study of spirulina, an ancient edible cyanobacteria. Nowadays, spirulina species are classified into three genera: Spirulina, Arthrospira, and Limnospira. The latter now refers to industrially manufactured spirulina strains. Whole-genome sequencing revealed gene clusters involved in metabolite production, and the physiology of spirulina. Omics technologies demonstrated the absence of hazardous compounds in spirulina cells, confirming the safety of this biomass as a food product. Spirulina is a good source of different chemicals used in food manufacturing, food supplements, and pharmaceuticals. Spirulina's enrichment with inherent biologically active substances makes it a potential supplier of natural products for dietary and pharmaceutical applications. Spirulina is also a prospective component of both terrestrial and space-based life support systems. Here, we review current breakthroughs in spirulina research and clarify fallacies that can be found in both professional literature and public media.
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- Maria A Sinetova
- K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 127276 Moscow, Russia
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- K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 127276 Moscow, Russia
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- K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 127276 Moscow, Russia
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Kumar S, Ali Kubar A, Zhu F, Shao C, Cui Y, Hu X, Ni J, Abdur Rehman Shah M, Ding S, Mehmood S, Huo S. Sunlight filtered via translucent-colored polyvinyl chloride sheets enhanced the light absorption capacity and growth of Arthrospira platensis cultivated in a pilot-scale raceway pond. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2023; 386:129501. [PMID: 37468013 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.129501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Revised: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 07/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
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In this research, the effects of filtered sunlight traveling through translucent-colored polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sheets on the photoconversion efficiency of Arthrospira platensis are investigated. Filtered sunlight improves the phycobilisome's capacity to completely absorb and transport it to intracellular photosystems. Findings indicated that filtered sunlight via orange-colored PVC sheet increased biomass dry weight by 21% (2.80 g/L), while under blue-colored PVC sheet decreased by 32% (1.49 g/L), when compared with translucent-colored (control) PVC sheet (2.19 g/L) after 120 h of culture. The meteorological conditions during the 1st week of cultivation reported higher light flux than the subsequent weeks. Furthermore, sunlight filtered through orange PVC sheet enhanced protein, allophycocyanin, phycocyanin, chlorophyll-a and carotenoids synthesis by 13%, 15%, 13%, 22%, and 27%, respectively. This practical and inexpensive solar radiation filtration system supports large-scale production of tailored bioactive compounds from microalgae with high growth rate.
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- Santosh Kumar
- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- School of Agricultural Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
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Development of spirulina for the manufacture and oral delivery of protein therapeutics. Nat Biotechnol 2022; 40:956-964. [PMID: 35314813 PMCID: PMC9200632 DOI: 10.1038/s41587-022-01249-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2021] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The use of the edible photosynthetic cyanobacterium Arthrospira platensis (spirulina) as a biomanufacturing platform has been limited by a lack of genetic tools. Here we report genetic engineering methods for stable, high-level expression of bioactive proteins in spirulina, including large-scale, indoor cultivation and downstream processing methods. Following targeted integration of exogenous genes into the spirulina chromosome (chr), encoded protein biopharmaceuticals can represent as much as 15% of total biomass, require no purification before oral delivery and are stable without refrigeration and protected during gastric transit when encapsulated within dry spirulina. Oral delivery of a spirulina-expressed antibody targeting campylobacter-a major cause of infant mortality in the developing world-prevents disease in mice, and a phase 1 clinical trial demonstrated safety for human administration. Spirulina provides an advantageous system for the manufacture of orally delivered therapeutic proteins by combining the safety of a food-based production host with the accessible genetic manipulation and high productivity of microbial platforms.
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Vlaskin MS, Grigorenko AV, Kostyukevich YI, Nikolaev EN, Vladimirov GN, Chernova NI, Kiseleva SV, Popel OS, Zhuk AZ. Influence of solvent on the yield and chemical composition of liquid products of hydrothermal liquefaction of Arthrospira platensis as revealed by Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY (CHICHESTER, ENGLAND) 2018; 24:363-374. [PMID: 29665728 DOI: 10.1177/1469066718771209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Yields of liquid products (bio-oil and residual organics in aqueous solution) of hydrothermal liquefaction (at 300℃ and 60 min) of own cultivated Arthrospira platensis using different solvents have been determined. Nonpolar hexane, moderately polar dichloromethane, and relatively more polar acetonitrile have been used. High-resolution mass spectrometry based on linear quadrupole ion trap and Fourier transform mass spectrometer (LTQ FT) has been used for liquid sample characterization. Concentration of bio-oil in a unit of solvent volume after solvent extraction took the following arrangement: acetonitrile > dichloromethane > hexane. Concentration of residual organics in a unit of aqueous solution after solvent extraction took the following arrangement: hexane >dichloromethane > acetonitrile. Yield of total organics was arranged as follows: hexane > dichloromethane > acetonitrile. Content of carbon in bio-oil was increased and the content of oxygen was decreased with the increasing of solvent polarity. From mass spectrometric analysis it was established that in the positive electrospray ionization (ESI) mode the compounds containing two nitrogen atoms dominate and the considerable portion of the compounds containing single nitrogen atom are also presented for both bio-oil and residual organics samples. In the negative ESI mode the compounds containing four oxygen atoms dominated except bio-oil obtained using hexane where the compounds containing two oxygen atoms dominated. Bio-oil fraction had highly saturated compounds with low double bond equivalent values while the compounds of the residual organics fraction had large double bond equivalent values.
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- Mikhail S Vlaskin
- 1 The Joint Institute for High Temperatures of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- 1 The Joint Institute for High Temperatures of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- 1 The Joint Institute for High Temperatures of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- 2 Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Skolkovo, Russia
- 3 Institute for Energy Problems of Chemical Physics Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- 4 Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia
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- 2 Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Skolkovo, Russia
- 3 Institute for Energy Problems of Chemical Physics Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- 4 Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia
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- 1 The Joint Institute for High Temperatures of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- 2 Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Skolkovo, Russia
- 3 Institute for Energy Problems of Chemical Physics Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- 1 The Joint Institute for High Temperatures of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- 5 Renewable Energy Sources Laboratory, Geographical Faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- 1 The Joint Institute for High Temperatures of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- 5 Renewable Energy Sources Laboratory, Geographical Faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- 1 The Joint Institute for High Temperatures of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- 1 The Joint Institute for High Temperatures of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Ovando CA, Carvalho JCD, Vinícius de Melo Pereira G, Jacques P, Soccol VT, Soccol CR. Functional properties and health benefits of bioactive peptides derived fromSpirulina: A review. FOOD REVIEWS INTERNATIONAL 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/87559129.2016.1210632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- Claudia Anahite Ovando
- Bioprocess Engineering and Biotechnology Department, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Brazil
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- Bioprocess Engineering and Biotechnology Department, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Brazil
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- ICV—Institut Charles Viollette, University of Lille, Lille, France
- Terra Research Centre, Microbial Processes and Interactions, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege, Gembloux, Belgium
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- Bioprocess Engineering and Biotechnology Department, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Brazil
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- Bioprocess Engineering and Biotechnology Department, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Brazil
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