Abstract
Increasing amounts of wastewater is the most pervasive and challenging environmental problem globally. Conventional treatment methods are costly and entail huge energy, carbon consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Owing to their unique ability of carbon capturing and resource recovery, microalgae-microbiome based treatment is a potential approach and is widely used for carbon-neutral wastewater treatment. Microalgae-bacteria synergy (i.e., the functionally beneficial microbial synthetic communities) performs better and enhances carbon-sequestration and nutrient recovery from wastewater treatment plants. This review presents a comprehensive information regarding the potential of microalgae-microbiome as a sustainable agent for wastewater and discusses synergistic approaches for effective nutrient removal. Moreover, this review discusses, the role of omics-biology and Insilco approaches in unravelling and understanding the algae-microbe synergism and their response toward wastewater treatment. Finally, it discusses various microbiome engineering approaches for developing the effective microalgae-bacteria partners for carbon sequestration and nutrient recovery from wastewater, and summarizes future research perspectives on microalgae-microbiome based bioremediation.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 119439 |
| Journal | Environmental Research |
| Volume | 259 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 15 Oct 2024 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2024 The Authors
Keywords
- Carbon capture
- Microalgae-bacteria consortia
- Omics and insilco approaches
- Resource recovery
- Wastewater
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- General Environmental Science
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
