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- The study investigates the use of microalgae, specifically Chlorella sorokiniana, for treating wastewater and producing biofuels.
- Microalgae biomass production varied significantly, with concentrations between 0.14 g/L and 0.90 g/L, while nutrient removal efficiencies for total nitrogen, ammonium nitrogen, and chemical oxygen demand ranged from 34% to 97%.
- The research found that the microbial community, particularly the genus Pusillimonas, positively correlates with biomass production and nutrient removal during microalgae cultivation in wastewater.
Article Abstract
The use of microalgae for wastewater treatment has been proposed as a cost-effective method to produce biofuels while remediating waste streams. This study examined the microalgae biomass production rate, wastewater treatment efficiency, and prokaryotic organism microbiome associated with microalgae Chlorella sorokiniana cultivated on anaerobic digestate effluent. Final microalgae biomass concentrations from nine photobioreactors were highly variable and had values that ranged between 0.14 g/L and 0.90 g/L. Nutrient removal efficiencies for TN (total nitrogen), N-NH (ammonium nitrogen), and COD (chemical oxygen demand) ranged from 34% to 67%, 65% to 97%, and-60% to 14%, respectively. Analysis of individual OTUs (operational taxonomic units) from the microbial community revealed that microalgae biomass concentrations were significantly correlated with the relative abundance of OTUs in the genus Pusillimonas. Predictive metagenomic analyses identified additional correlations associated with biomass production and nutrient removal. These results suggest that the microbial community present during microalgae cultivation on wastewater can impact the performance of the system for biomass production and wastewater treatment.
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