About this Research Topic
In the global fight against climate change, demand for decarbonization technologies is rapidly growing in diverse industries, including agriculture, shipping, and iron, steel, and chemical production. Among decarbonization technologies, carbon capture, utilization, and storage are by far the most promising, with the potential to decrease industrial emissions by over 50% by 2070. Notably, flue gas CO2 fixation by oxygenic microorganisms adopts photosynthetic cell factories to convert flue gas CO2 into valuable biochemical products, such as alternative feedstocks. In this technology, the downstream bioproducts are still under development, which deserves a comprehensive study including the production process of food, feedstocks, cosmetics, EPA and DHA. Therefore, we proposed this Research Topic to fulfill the potential of microalgal bioeconomy. Under this purpose, we encourage manuscripts on a broad scope, including but not limited to studies of mechanisms, novel concepts and industrial processes of microalgae to fully explore the application of microalgae.
Despite the huge progress in microalgal products in recent years, the commercialization and large-scale application of microalgae is still a formidable challenge, which mainly includes the technical and economic aspects, including how to reduce the huge energy consumption required for harvesting, reduce pollution risks and increase the access to high value-added products. We want to promote and expand the technological progress of microalgae industrialization, from micro-genetic engineering, and metabolic pathway research to new processes combined with materials, and finally achieve large-scale production. It is hoped that the low-cost and energy-saving production of microalgae and the utilization of carbon dioxide and pollutants will benefit to both human health and global economic issues.
We are encouraging original research in two aspects, (i) novel process of large-scale microalgal production with waste nutrients as alternative raw materials, (ii) comprehensive and specific functional characteristics of microalgal ingredients to advance the actual application of microalgal-based bioproducts.
In this Research Topic, we welcome the submission of all article types related to microalgae production, with a preference for Original Research, Reviews, and Opinions, focusing on the following:
• Food and feed processing
• Cosmetics
• Chemical industry
• Microalgae utilization for aquaculture and livestock industries.
• Hybrid system of water treatment and biocarbon conversion
• Studies on flue gas CO2 fixation by microalgae
• New concepts on high value-added bioproducts production
Despite the huge progress in microalgal products in recent years, the commercialization and large-scale application of microalgae is still a formidable challenge, which mainly includes the technical and economic aspects, including how to reduce the huge energy consumption required for harvesting, reduce pollution risks and increase the access to high value-added products. We want to promote and expand the technological progress of microalgae industrialization, from micro-genetic engineering, and metabolic pathway research to new processes combined with materials, and finally achieve large-scale production. It is hoped that the low-cost and energy-saving production of microalgae and the utilization of carbon dioxide and pollutants will benefit to both human health and global economic issues.
We are encouraging original research in two aspects, (i) novel process of large-scale microalgal production with waste nutrients as alternative raw materials, (ii) comprehensive and specific functional characteristics of microalgal ingredients to advance the actual application of microalgal-based bioproducts.
In this Research Topic, we welcome the submission of all article types related to microalgae production, with a preference for Original Research, Reviews, and Opinions, focusing on the following:
• Food and feed processing
• Cosmetics
• Chemical industry
• Microalgae utilization for aquaculture and livestock industries.
• Hybrid system of water treatment and biocarbon conversion
• Studies on flue gas CO2 fixation by microalgae
• New concepts on high value-added bioproducts production
Keywords: microalgae, carbon neutrality, water treatment, food and feed processing, cosmetics, chemical industry
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