Microalgae Cultivation and Bioprocess Engineering for Environmental Remediation, Bioproduct Development and Resource Recovery
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbial Biotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 163
Special Issue Editor
Interests: algal biotechnology; wastewater bioremediation; biofuel; circular economy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue invites applied research that advances microalgae cultivation from laboratory proofs-of-concept to field-ready systems, and contributions may include foundational studies on newly isolated microalgal strains, growth and biochemical characterisation, physiological responses to variable effluents, strain selection, and the development of tailored cultivation protocols.
Submissions describing methodological advances, such as novel monitoring, sensing and analytical methods for the assessment of culture health, productivity, metabolite profiles and process control, are highly encouraged.
Translational studies demonstrating treatment of conventional and emerging contaminants across municipal, agricultural, industrial and aquaculture waste streams are welcome, including pilot trials, scale-up studies and coupled process schemes (for example, anaerobic digestion and biogas upgrading).
Papers on product development are also sought after and can include pathways to the recovery of bioactive, feed ingredients, biofuels, bioplastics and biofertilizers from algal biomass, and processing or analytical approaches that improve value recovery.
This Special Issue aims to assemble a practical evidence base for the deployment of microalgal systems that deliver water-quality improvements, resource recovery and sustainable bioproduct supply chains.
Dr. Ashiwin Vadiveloo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- microalgae cultivation
- wastewater treatment
- resource recovery
- biomass valorization
- waste to profit
- growth optimisation
- bioproduct development
- emerging contaminants
- cultivation system
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