A Biorefinery Approach Integrating Lipid and EPS Augmentation Along with Cr (III) Mitigation by Chlorella minutissima
Sonia Choudhary, Mansi Tiwari, Krishna Mohan Poluri, Gergely Maroti · 2024
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Sonia Choudhary and co-authors study a tiny freshwater alga that can clean metal pollution while making useful products, in a 2024 paper. The alga, Chlorella minutissima, faces trivalent chromium, a toxic metal that builds up in water and harms health. Microalgae are attractive because they can absorb such pollutants and also yield oils for biofuel and other valuable compounds. The study probes how the alga defends itself against the metal.
The team combined chromium removal with boosting the alga's lipid stores and its outer sugar layers, called EPS. The goal is a single process that treats waste water and produces feedstocks at once, a biorefinery idea. Results help judge whether this alga could serve farms, fuel makers, and cleanup crews at the same time.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Sonia Choudhary, Mansi Tiwari, Krishna Mohan Poluri, Gergely Maroti |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 77 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |