Microbial and mineralogical characterization of the alkaline Chae Son hot spring, Northern Thailand.

Early characterizations by morphological identification through light microscopy only revealed the presence of a few microbial lineages and the majority of microbial community at the Chae Son hot spring remains uncharacterized. Therefore, this study aims to examine thermophilic microbial communities at the Chae Son hot spring using next-generation sequencing, including investigating hot spring mineralogy. Results suggest that the Chae Son hot spring (49-75 °C, pH = 6.

Co-bioaugmentation with microalgae and probiotic bacteria: Sustainable solutions for upcycling of aquaculture wastewater and agricultural residues into microbial-rice bran complexes.

Aquaculture farming generates a significant amount of wastewater, which has prompted the development of creative bioprocesses to improve wastewater treatment and bioresource recovery. One promising method of achieving these aims is to directly recycle pollutants into microbe-rice bran complexes, which is an economical and efficient technique for wastewater treatment that uses synergetic interactions between algae and bacteria. This study explores novel bioaugmentation as a promising strategy for efficiently forming microbial-rice bran complexes in unsterilized aquaculture wastewater enriched with agricultural residues (molasses and rice bran).

Zero-waste biorefining co-products from ultrasonically assisted deep eutectic solvent-pretreated Chlorella biomass: Sustainable production of biodiesel and bio-fertilizer.

Microalgal biomass is gaining increasing attention to produce high-value co-products. This study proposes integrating Chlorella microalgal biomass into a zero-waste biorefining system, aiming to produce biodiesel and biofertilizer. It investigates optimal conditions for ultrasound-assisted deep eutectic solvent (DES) pretreatment and lipid recovery to enhance the extraction of lipids.

Inhibition of dengue virus infection in vitro by fucoidan and polysaccharide extract from marine alga Sargassum spp.

Dengue virus (DENV) infection poses a global health threat, leading to severe conditions with the potential for critical outcomes. Currently, there are no specific drugs available whereas the vaccine does not offer comprehensive protection across all DENV serotypes. Therefore, the development of potential antiviral agents is necessary to reduce the severity risk and interrupt the transmission circuit.

Genome-scale metabolic modelling of extremophiles and its applications in astrobiological environments.

Metabolic modelling approaches have become the powerful tools in modern biology. These mathematical models are widely used to predict metabolic phenotypes of the organisms or communities of interest, and to identify metabolic targets in metabolic engineering. Apart from a broad range of industrial applications, the possibility of using metabolic modelling in the contexts of astrobiology are poorly explored.

Unlocking microalgal host-exploring dark-growing microalgae transformation for sustainable high-value phytochemical production.

Microalgae have emerged as a promising, next-generation sustainable resource with versatile applications, particularly as expression platforms and green cell factories. They possess the ability to overcome the limitations of terrestrial plants, such non-arable land, water scarcity, time-intensive growth, and seasonal changes. However, the heterologous expression of interested genes in microalgae under heterotrophic cultivation (dark mode) remains a niche area within the field of engineering technologies.

Naturally Occurring Functional Ingredient from Filamentous Thermophilic Cyanobacterium sp. KC45: Phytochemical Characterizations and Their Multiple Bioactivities.

Cyanobacteria are rich in phytochemicals, which have beneficial impacts on the prevention of many diseases. This study aimed to comprehensively characterize phytochemicals and evaluate multifunctional bioactivities in the ethanolic extract of the cyanobacterium sp. KC45.

Dual-bioaugmentation strategy to enhance the formation of algal-bacteria symbiosis biofloc in aquaculture wastewater supplemented with agricultural wastes as an alternative nutrient sources and biomass support materials.

This study performs an integrated evaluation of the formation and distribution of algal-bacterial bioflocs in aquaculture wastewater supplemented with agricultural waste, together with an assessment of their behavior in the microbial community and of the water quality of the system in which a new bioaugmentation strategy was applied. Results indicated that the dual bioaugmentation strategy via the consortium addition of bacteria and microalgae had the highest formation performance, providing the most compact biofloc structure (0.59 g/L), excellent settleability (71.

Lipid Profile, Antioxidant and Antihypertensive Activity, and Computational Molecular Docking of Diatom Fatty Acids as ACE Inhibitors.

Diatoms, as single cell eukaryotic microalgae, are rich sources of lipids, which have either beneficial or detrimental effects on the prevention and treatment of many diseases. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) identified diatom lipids with high levels of essential fatty acids (EFAs), especially polyunsaturated FAs (PUFAs) containing both omega-3 and omega-6. Nutritional values of FAs indicated possible applications in the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and functional food industries.

Enhanced production of microalgal biomass and lipid as an environmentally friendly biodiesel feedstock through actinomycete co-culture in biogas digestate effluent.

In this study, an innovative approach to enhance the production of microalgal biomass and lipid as a promising sustainable feedstock for biodiesel was proposed using an actinomycetes co-culture with microalgae in the biogas digestate effluent (BDE) that can be employed as an environmentally friendly and cost-effective strategy. Among tested actinomycete isolates, Piscicocus intestinalis WA3 produced indole-3-acetic acid and siderophores as algal growth promoting agents and showed effective lipid accumulation with satisfying fatty acids composition. During co-cultivation of P.