Microalgae at the Nexus of Sustainability: From Ecosystem Health to Biotechnological Innovation
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 235
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Interests: microalgal biotechnology; biofuels; recombinant protein expression and purification; membrane technologies; personal cooling
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to unite diverse yet interconnected research on microalgae, spanning their ecological roles, environmental challenges, and cutting-edge biotechnological applications. Microalgae serve as both indicators of ecosystem health and as transformative agents in sustainable industries. Their roles range from contributing to harmful algal blooms that disrupt marine and freshwater environments, to offering eco-friendly solutions for wastewater treatment, pollution mitigation, and resource recovery. Simultaneously, microalgae are a cornerstone of bioeconomy strategies, with applications in biofuels, nutraceuticals, aquaculture, green chemistry, and climate change mitigation.
We invite research that explores
- Microalgal Ecology & Management: Drivers, monitoring, and mitigation of harmful algal blooms; ecological interactions; species-specific physiological responses to environmental change.
- Wastewater Treatment & Bioremediation: Microalgal integration in municipal, industrial, and agricultural wastewater treatment; nutrient removal; heavy metal detoxification; removal of emerging pollutants.
- Biotechnological Innovations: Cultivation strategies; high-value compound extraction; algal biomass valorization; biorefinery concepts; sustainable food and feed production; algal biofuel advances.
- Climate & Sustainability Links: Contributions to carbon capture; role in circular economy models; integration into the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
By merging perspectives from environmental microbiology, aquatic ecology, green biotechnology, and industrial microbiology, this Special Issue will provide a comprehensive platform for innovations that bridge ecological stewardship and sustainable industrial development.
Prof. Dr. Christopher Q. Lan
Guest Editor
Dr. Siwei Gu
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- microalgae;
- harmful algal blooms;
- wastewater treatment;
- bioremediation;
- biofuels;
- nutraceuticals;
- biorefinery;
- climate change;
- aquatic ecology;
- pollution mitigation;
- Sustainable Development Goals
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