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Study of algal biomass harvesting through cationic cassia gum, a natural plant based biopolymer

Green unicellular microalgae have a capacity to entrap CO2 to increase their biomass through photosynthesis and are important for the value added product. The presence of COOH and NH2 groups are responsible for imparting negative zeta value. The present work emphasizes on the synthesis of cationic cassia (CCAS) by the i...

Microalgal bioengineering for sustainable energy development: recent transgenesis and metabolic engin

Exploring the efficiency of algae to produce remarkable products can be directly benefitted by studying its mechanism at systems level. Recent advents in biotechnology like flux balance analysis (FBA), genomics and in silico proteomics minimize the wet lab exertion. It is understood that FBA predicts the metabolic produ...

Improvements in algal lipid production: a systems biology and gene editing approach

Background: In the wake of rising energy demands, microalgae have emerged as potential sources of sustainable and renewable carbon-neutral fuels, such as bio-hydrogen and bio-oil. Purpose: For rational metabolic engineering, the elucidation of metabolic pathways in fine detail and their manipulation according to require...

Metabolic pathways for lipid synthesis under nitrogen stress in Chlamydomonas and Nannochloropsis

Microalgae are currently being considered as a clean, sustainable and renewable energy source. Enzymes that catalyse the metabolic pathways for biofuel production are specific and require strict regulation and co-ordination. Thorough knowledge of these key enzymes along with their regulatory molecules is essential to en...

Cross-linked biopolymer stabilized exfoliated titanate nanosheet-supported AgNPs: a green sustainable

For the first time, we report in situ exfoliated titanate nanosheet-supported silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) toward environmental sustainability through rapid catalytic reduction of p-nitrophenol (4-NP), organic dyes for decoloration, as well as by inhibiting the growth of microbes. The ternary nanocomposite hydrogel has ...