Qurrat Ul Ain Rana, Saira Latif, Saleha Perveen, Abdul Haq, Sidra Ali, Muhammad Irfan, Rahul Gauttam, Tawaf Ali Shah, Turki M Dawoud, Gezahign Fentahun Wondmie, Mohammed Bourhia, Malik Badshah
Generally wastewater such agricultural runoff is considered a nuisance; however, it could be harnessed as a potential source of nutrients like nitrates and phosphates in integrated biorefinery context. In the current study, microalgae Chlorella sp. S5 was used for bioremediation of agricultural runoff and the leftover algal biomass was used as a potential source for production of biofuels in an integrated biorefinery context. The microalgae Chlorella sp. S5 was cultivated on Blue Green (BG 11) medium and a comprehensive optimization of different parameters including phosphates, nitrates, and pH was carried out to acquire maximum algal biomass enriched with high lipids content...
January 11, 2024: Bioresources and Bioprocessing