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Effect of Organic Solvents on Microalgae Growth, Metabolism and Industrial Bioproduct Extraction: A Review

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TERRA, AgricultureIsLife, University of Liege-Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Passage des Déportés 2, Gembloux B-5030, Belgium
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Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Process Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technická 4, 166 07 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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Unit of Biological and Industrial Chemistry, University of Liege-Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Passage des Déportés 2, Gembloux B-5030, Belgium
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Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2017, 18(7), 1429; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms18071429
Received: 13 March 2017 / Revised: 31 May 2017 / Accepted: 5 June 2017 / Published: 4 July 2017
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Algae Based Bio-Renewable Energy for Sustainability)
In this review, the effect of organic solvents on microalgae cultures from molecular to industrial scale is presented. Traditional organic solvents and solvents of new generation-ionic liquids (ILs), are considered. Alterations in microalgal cell metabolism and synthesis of target products (pigments, proteins, lipids), as a result of exposure to organic solvents, are summarized. Applications of organic solvents as a carbon source for microalgal growth and production of target molecules are discussed. Possible implementation of various industrial effluents containing organic solvents into microalgal cultivation media, is evaluated. The effect of organic solvents on extraction of target compounds from microalgae is also considered. Techniques for lipid and carotenoid extraction from viable microalgal biomass (milking methods) and dead microalgal biomass (classical methods) are depicted. Moreover, the economic survey of lipid and carotenoid extraction from microalgae biomass, by means of different techniques and solvents, is conducted. View Full-Text
Keywords: microalgae; organic solvents; cultivation; industrial effluents; extraction; industrial compounds; economic survey microalgae; organic solvents; cultivation; industrial effluents; extraction; industrial compounds; economic survey
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Miazek, K.; Kratky, L.; Sulc, R.; Jirout, T.; Aguedo, M.; Richel, A.; Goffin, D. Effect of Organic Solvents on Microalgae Growth, Metabolism and Industrial Bioproduct Extraction: A Review. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2017, 18, 1429. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms18071429

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Miazek K, Kratky L, Sulc R, Jirout T, Aguedo M, Richel A, Goffin D. Effect of Organic Solvents on Microalgae Growth, Metabolism and Industrial Bioproduct Extraction: A Review. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2017; 18(7):1429. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms18071429

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Miazek, Krystian, Lukas Kratky, Radek Sulc, Tomas Jirout, Mario Aguedo, Aurore Richel, and Dorothee Goffin. 2017. "Effect of Organic Solvents on Microalgae Growth, Metabolism and Industrial Bioproduct Extraction: A Review" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 18, no. 7: 1429. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms18071429

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