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Title The Use of Oleaginous Yeasts and Microalgae Grown in Brewery Wastewater for Lipid Production and Nutrient Removal: A Review
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Authors Dias, C; Santos, JAL; Reis, A; da Silva, TL
Title The Use of Oleaginous Yeasts and Microalgae Grown in Brewery Wastewater for Lipid Production and Nutrient Removal: A Review
Year 2023
Published Waste And Biomass Valorization, 14, 6
DOI 10.1007/s12649-023-02032-8
Abstract Brewery wastewater has been proposed as an attractive low-cost substrate for microbial lipid production for oleaginous yeast and microalga with promising results. For each liter of beer produced, from 3 to 10 L of wastewater are generated which can be used as culture medium for autotrophic or heterotrophic metabolism. This strategy allows reducing the culture medium cost, as well as obtaining high lipid contents and other high value compounds which can make the process profitable. Additionally, the use of industrial effluents/wastes as substrates for microbial growth can be a strategy to treat them based on the circular economy rules. This review presents the different brewery wastewater treatment strategies using oleaginous yeast and microalga pure and mixed cultures for the concomitant wastewater treatment and lipids/carotenoids production so far reported, highlighting the benefits/disadvantages of such strategies and comparing their performance in terms of wastewater treatment, lipids and carotenoids production between pure and mixed cultures performance.
Author Keywords Oleaginous microorganisms; Yeast; Microalgae; Brewery wastewater; Effluent treatment; Lipids
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:000915915800001
WoS Category Environmental Sciences
Research Area Environmental Sciences & Ecology
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