<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Microalgae are photosynthetic autotrophic microscopic organisms growing in a range of aquatic and terrestrial habitats. They produce a huge complex of compounds in their surroundings which are of important use to humans. Their commercial use lies in human nutrition, animal and aquatic feed, in cosmetics products, natural pigments, pharmaceutical industry, bio-fertilizer for extracting high-value molecules, stable isotope biochemicals, and for the synthesis of antimicrobial, antiviral, antibacterial and anticancer drugs. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a simple, effective and economically advantageous method for harvesting the algal products. Magnetic separation is a simple separation process. Different synthesis methods have been used by researchers to obtain magnetic particles of varying size and shapes according to the algae to be studied. Chemical co-precipitation method has been the most commonly used method, which helps in synthesizing magnetic particles of the micro to nano range. Naked, coated and surface modified are the general types of magnetic particles used for algal harvesting with its own advantages and disadvantages.</p></abstract>

Microalgae are photosynthetic autotrophic microscopic organisms growing in a range of aquatic and terrestrial habitats. They produce a huge complex of compounds in their surroundings which are of important use to humans. Their commercial use lies in human nutrition, animal and aquatic feed, in cosmetics products, natural pigments, pharmaceutical industry, bio-fertilizer for extracting high-value molecules, stable isotope biochemicals, and for the synthesis of antimicrobial, antiviral, antibacterial and anticancer drugs. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a simple, effective and economically advantageous method for harvesting the algal products. Magnetic separation is a simple separation process. Different synthesis methods have been used by researchers to obtain magnetic particles of varying size and shapes according to the algae to be studied. Chemical co-precipitation method has been the most commonly used method, which helps in synthesizing magnetic particles of the micro to nano range. Naked, coated and surface modified are the general types of magnetic particles used for algal harvesting with its own advantages and disadvantages.

Microalgae Harvesting: A Review

Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava

Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava, Institute of Integrated Safety

Research Papers Faculty of Materials Science and Technology Slovak University of Technology

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Microalgae are photosynthetic autotrophic microscopic organisms growing in a range of aquatic and terrestrial habitats. They produce a huge complex of...

Microalgae Harvesting: A Review

Published Online: Sep 03, 2019

Page range: 129 - 143

Received: May 14, 2019

Accepted: Jun 17, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rput-2019-0014

Keywords
Harvesting, microalgae, magnetite, nanoparticles

© 2019 Alexandra Kucmanová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Microalgae Harvesting: A Review

Published Online: Sep 03, 2019

Page range: 129 - 143

Received: May 14, 2019

Accepted: Jun 17, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rput-2019-0014

KeywordsHarvesting, microalgae, magnetite, nanoparticles

© 2019 Alexandra Kucmanová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Harvesting, microalgae, magnetite, nanoparticles