Bioproduct Potential of Outdoor Cultures of Tolypothrix sp.: Effect of Carbon Dioxide and Metal-Rich Wastewater.

ABSTRACT: Rising CO2 levels, associated climatic instability, freshwater scarcity and diminishing arable land exacerbate the challenge to maintain food security for the fast growing human population. Although coal-fired power plants generate large amounts of CO2 emissions and wastewater, containing environmentally unsafe concentrations of metals, they ensure energy security. Nitrogen (N2)-fixation by cyanobacteria eliminate nitrogen fertilization costs, making them promising candidates for remediation of waste CO2 and metals from macronutrient-poor ash dam water and the biomass is suitable for phycocyanin and biofertilizer product development. Here, the effects of CO2 and metal mixtures on growth, bioproduct and metal removal potential were investigated for the self-flocculating, N2-fixing freshwate

SUBMITTER: Velu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7026013 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature