Cultivating microalgae in wastewater for biomass production, pollutant removal, and atmospheric carbon mitigation; a review

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 704; p. 135303
• Main Authors: Shahid, Ayesha, Malik, Sana, Zhu, Hui, Xu, Jianren, Nawaz, Muhammad Zohaib, Nawaz, Shahid, Asraful Alam, Md, Mehmood, Muhammad Aamer
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 20.02.2020
• Subjects: amino acids; animal and human health; biofuels; biomass production; Biorefineries; biorefining; biotechnology; Carbon; carbon dioxide; carbon dioxide fixation; Carbon Sequestration; CO2 fixation; cost benefit analysis; Cost-effective; crops; energy; environmental degradation; Environmental Pollutants; fermentation; freshwater; heavy metals; industrial effluents; industrialization; metabolites; microalgae; Microalgae - physiology; Microalgae cultivation; Nitrogen; omega-3 fatty acids; Phosphorus; pigments; pollution control; population growth; sugar content; sulfur; surface water; transesterification; Waste Disposal, Fluid - methods; Waste Water; wastewater; Wastewater treatment; water shortages; Microalgae cultivation; Biorefineries; CO2 fixation; Wastewater treatment; Cost-effective; CO fixation

[Display omitted] •Microalgae are the most promising photoautotrophs to fix atmospheric carbon.•Requirement of huge amounts of freshwater to culture microalgae is challenging.•Alternatively, wastewater cultivation offers low-cost biomass production.•Wastewater nutrient stress can manipulate the micr...