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Past, Present and Future of Microalgae Cultivation Developments Read chapter Read first chapter

2015 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

7. CO2 Environmental Bioremediation by Microalgae

Authors : Mohammad J. Raeesossadati, Hossein Ahmadzadeh, Mark P. McHenry, Navid R. Moheimani

Published in: Biomass and Biofuels from Microalgae

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Various microalgae species have shown a differential ability to bioremediate atmospheric CO2. This chapter reports biomass concentration, biomass productivity, and CO2 fixation rates of several microalgae and cyanobacteria species under different CO2 concentrations and culture conditions. Research indicates that microalgal species of Scenedesmuss obliquss, Duniella tertiolecta, Chlorella vulgaris, Phormidium sp., Amicroscopica negeli, and Chlorococcum littorale are able to bioremediate CO2 more effectively than other species. Furthermore, coccolithophorid microalgae such as Chrysotila carterae were also found to effectively bioremediate CO2 into organic biomass and generate inorganic CaCO3 as additional means of removing atmospheric CO2. Important factors to increase the rate of CO2 bioremediation such as initial cell concentration, input CO2 concentration, and aeration rate are reviewed and discussed.

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Metadata
Title
CO2 Environmental Bioremediation by Microalgae
Authors
Mohammad J. Raeesossadati
Hossein Ahmadzadeh
Mark P. McHenry
Navid R. Moheimani
Copyright Year
2015
Book
Biomass and Biofuels from Microalgae

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-16639-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-16640-7

Copyright Year: 2015

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16640-7_7