Microalgae: Cultivation Aspects and Bioactive Compounds

• Autor(a) principal: Coêlho,Diego de Freitas
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Tundisi,Louise Lacalendola, Cerqueira,Keilla Santos, Rodrigues,Jacqueline Rego da Silva, Mazzola,Priscila Gava, Tambourgi,Elias Basile, Souza,Roberto Rodrigues de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132019000101000
• topic: Microalgae; Microalgae Selection and Isolation; Green Products; Microalgae Cultivation; Bioactive Compounds

Abstract Microalgae are aquatic unicellular microorganisms that can be found both in freshwater and marine systems; are capable of photosynthesis; and can grow as individual cells or associated in chains or small colonies. Microalgae cultivation has gained large momentum among researchers in the past decades due to their ability to produce value metabolites, remarkable photosynthetic efficiency, and versatile nature. The wide technological potential, and thus increasing amount of scattered knowledge, may become the very first barrier that a post graduating student, or any non-specialist reader, will face when introduced to the subject. In this review paper, we access the core aspects of microalgae technology, covering their main characteristics, and comprehensively presenting the main features of their various cultivation modes and biological activity from metabolites.