TY - JOUR AU - Muradov, Nazim AU - Taha, Mohamed AU - Miranda, Ana F. AU - Wrede, Digby AU - Kadali, Krishna AU - Gujar, Amit AU - Stevenson, Trevor AU - Ball, Andrew S. AU - Mouradov, Aidyn PY - 2015 DA - 2015/02/15 TI - Fungal-assisted algal flocculation: application in wastewater treatment and biofuel production JO - Biotechnology for Biofuels SP - 24 VL - 8 IS - 1 AB - The microalgal-based industries are facing a number of important challenges that in turn affect their economic viability. Arguably the most important of these are associated with the high costs of harvesting and dewatering of the microalgal cells, the costs and sustainability of nutrient supplies and costly methods for large scale oil extraction. Existing harvesting technologies, which can account for up to 50% of the total cost, are not economically feasible because of either requiring too much energy or the addition of chemicals. Fungal-assisted flocculation is currently receiving increased attention because of its high harvesting efficiency. Moreover, some of fungal and microalgal strains are well known for their ability to treat wastewater, generating biomass which represents a renewable and sustainable feedstock for bioenergy production. SN - 1754-6834 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-015-0210-6 DO - 10.1186/s13068-015-0210-6 ID - Muradov2015 ER -