- Title
- Sustainable iron recovery and biodiesel yield by acid-adapted microalgae, Desmodesmus sp. MAS1 and Heterochlorella sp. MAS3, grown in synthetic acid mine drainage
- Creator
- Abinandan, Sudharsanam; Subashchandrabose, Suresh R.; Venkateswarlu, Kadiyala; Megharaj, Mallavarapu
- Relation
- ACS Omega Vol. 5, Issue 12, p. 6888-6894
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c00255
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- Sustainable resource recovery is the key to manage the overburden of various waste entities of mining practices. The present study demonstrates for the first time a novel approach for iron recovery and biodiesel yield from two acid-adapted microalgae, Desmodesmusv sp. MAS1 and Heterochlorella sp. MAS3, grown in synthetic acid mine drainage (SAMD). Virtually, there was no difference in the growth of the strain MAS3 both in Bold's basal medium (control) and SAMD. Using the IC50 level (200 mg L-1) and a lower concentration (50 mg L-1) of iron in SAMD, the cell granularity, exopolysaccharide (EPS) secretion, iron recovery, and biodiesel were assessed in both the strains. Both cell granularity and accumulation of EPS were significantly altered under metal stress in SAMD, resulting in an increase in total accumulation of iron. Growth of the microalgal strains in SAMD yielded 12-20% biodiesel, with no traces of heavy metals, from the biomass. The entire amount of iron, accumulated intracellularly, was recovered in the residual biomass. Our results on the ability of the acid-adapted microalgal strains in iron recovery and yield of biodiesel when grown in SAMD indicate that they could be the potential candidates for use in bioremediation of extreme habitats like AMD.
- Subject
- sustainable resource recovery; acid-adapted microalgae; synthetic acid mine drainage; Desmodesmus sp. MAS1; Heterochlorella sp. MAS3; iron
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1417052
- Identifier
- uon:37154
- Identifier
- ISSN:2470-1343
- Rights
- This is an open access article published under an ACS AuthorChoice License, which permits copying and redistribution of the article or any adaptations for non-commercial purposes.
- Language
- eng
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