Algae Cultivation as Measure for the Sanitation of Organic Waste—A Case Study Based on the Alga Galdieria sulphuraria Grown on Food Waste Hydrolysate in a Continuous Flow Culture
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Material and Methods
2.1. Organic Materials and Galdieria sulphuraria
2.2. Food Waste Hydrolysis
2.3. Batch and Continuous Flow Cultures
2.4. Microbial Analysis
2.5. Chemical Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Cultivation of Galdieria sulphuraria
3.2. Sanitation of Waste Streams
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Pleissner, D.; Händel, N. Algae Cultivation as Measure for the Sanitation of Organic Waste—A Case Study Based on the Alga Galdieria sulphuraria Grown on Food Waste Hydrolysate in a Continuous Flow Culture. Sustainability 2023, 15, 14313. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151914313
Pleissner D, Händel N. Algae Cultivation as Measure for the Sanitation of Organic Waste—A Case Study Based on the Alga Galdieria sulphuraria Grown on Food Waste Hydrolysate in a Continuous Flow Culture. Sustainability. 2023; 15(19):14313. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151914313
Chicago/Turabian StylePleissner, Daniel, and Nicole Händel. 2023. "Algae Cultivation as Measure for the Sanitation of Organic Waste—A Case Study Based on the Alga Galdieria sulphuraria Grown on Food Waste Hydrolysate in a Continuous Flow Culture" Sustainability 15, no. 19: 14313. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151914313
APA StylePleissner, D., & Händel, N. (2023). Algae Cultivation as Measure for the Sanitation of Organic Waste—A Case Study Based on the Alga Galdieria sulphuraria Grown on Food Waste Hydrolysate in a Continuous Flow Culture. Sustainability, 15(19), 14313. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151914313