Spanish researchers produce microalga for biofuels that cleans olive oil mill wastewater
In Spain, Retema reports team from the Department of Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering at the University of Jaén (UJA) has succeeded in producing biomass from the microalga Neochloris oleoabundans , which is capable of decontaminating water from olive oil mills and accumulating compounds of high industrial value. This advance opens the door to generating biofuels, biofertilizers, or cosmetic ingredients from a waste product that has traditionally been an environmental liability
The study ‘Production of Bioproducts from Wastewater Treatment Using the Microalga Neochloris oleoabundans’ , published in Engineering in Life Sciences , demonstrates how olive oil waste can become a source of nutrients for the controlled growth of this microalga, which thrives even in hostile conditions.
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