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| Title |
The promising future of microalgae: current status, challenges, and optimization of a sustainable and renewable industry for biofuels, feed, and other products
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| Published in |
Microbial Cell Factories, March 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12934-018-0879-x |
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| Authors |
Muhammad Imran Khan, Jin Hyuk Shin, Jong Deog Kim |
| Abstract |
Microalgae have recently attracted considerable interest worldwide, due to their extensive application potential in the renewable energy, biopharmaceutical, and nutraceutical industries. Microalgae are renewable, sustainable, and economical sources of biofuels, bioactive medicinal products, and food ingredients. Several microalgae species have been investigated for their potential as value-added products with remarkable pharmacological and biological qualities. As biofuels, they are a perfect substitute to liquid fossil fuels with respect to cost, renewability, and environmental concerns. Microalgae have a significant ability to convert atmospheric CO2to useful products such as carbohydrates, lipids, and other bioactive metabolites. Although microalgae are feasible sources for bioenergy and biopharmaceuticals in general, some limitations and challenges remain, which must be overcome to upgrade the technology from pilot-phase to industrial level. The most challenging and crucial issues are enhancing microalgae growth rate and product synthesis, dewatering algae culture for biomass production, pretreating biomass, and optimizing the fermentation process in case of algal bioethanol production. The present review describes the advantages of microalgae for the production of biofuels and various bioactive compounds and discusses culturing parameters. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 19 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 16% |
| United States | 2 | 11% |
| Finland | 1 | 5% |
| Germany | 1 | 5% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 5% |
| France | 1 | 5% |
| Belgium | 1 | 5% |
| Brazil | 1 | 5% |
| Canada | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 7 | 37% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 14 | 74% |
| Scientists | 5 | 26% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 3,307 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 3307 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 508 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 439 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 386 | 12% |
| Researcher | 229 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 107 | 3% |
| Other | 317 | 10% |
| Unknown | 1321 | 40% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 394 | 12% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 381 | 12% |
| Engineering | 255 | 8% |
| Chemical Engineering | 207 | 6% |
| Environmental Science | 184 | 6% |
| Other | 431 | 13% |
| Unknown | 1455 | 44% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 52. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 February 2024.
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