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Extremophilic algae for acid mine drainage treatment and concurrent biofuel production
Extremophilic algae for acid mine drainage treatment and concurrent biofuel production
Coal mines in the Sothern Illinois area have left behind polluted, acidic water full of metals. We're exploring a special type of algae, Galdieria sulphuraria, that can live in these harsh conditions. We want to see if it can clean the polluted water and also be used to make biofuel. We'll find the best way to grow this algae in the polluted water, measure how well it removes the metals, and check if it can still produce good biofuel. This could be a sustainable way to clean up the pollution and create a useful resource at the same time.
Exploring the potential of an extremophilic alga for thriving and biofuel production in a microplastic-impacted environment
Exploring the potential of an extremophilic alga for thriving and biofuel production in a microplastic-impacted environment
Microplastic (MP) pollution poses an escalating global threat to human health and ecosystem integrity. Among various remediation strategies, algal treatment is highly promising owing to its strong absorption and biodegradation capacity, low carbon and energy footprint, and potential for producing value-added products such as biofuels. We hypothesize that Galdieria sulphuraria, an extremophilic algal species highly tolerant to environmental stresses, can biodegrade MPs and potentially utilize certain types of MPs as a carbon source for beneficial algal biomass production.
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