Beta
377515

Safe and promising bioconversion of rice cellulosic waste into algal biomass

Article

Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

The rise in global temperature is a direct reflection of the problem of cellulosic pollution. Hence, it was necessary to find cheap, safe and effective ways to convert these cellulosic wastes into useful products. Present manuscript aims to introduce an effective and applicable strategy for safe conversion of the agricultural cellulosic wastes into useable high protein, carbohydrate and lipid biomass. The current study presents a miniature model for converting the cellulosic waste of straw (residues) into a living biomass containing high amounts of pigments, proteins and lipids stored in the alga, Chlorella vulgaris. Two soil microorganisms with a high ability to cellulose degradation were selected, isolated, biochemically and molecularly identified as Aspergillus terreus and Brevibacillus borstelensis. The obtained results, showed the highest recorded sugar productivity of 648.1µg/l on the 8th day of incubation with A. terreus (untreatment straw), and 814 µg/l on the 4th day with B. borstelensis (pretreatment straw). The mixotrophic nutrition of Chlorella vulgaris grown on degraded straw by both organisms showed significant increment (enhancement) in growth, pigment, protein and lipid content compared to those produced by the alga cultivated on the KC nutrient medium. It could be concluded that treated cellulosic wastes can be used as safe mixotrophic nutrition for microalgae to enhance the productivity of biomass and other biochemical parameters.

DOI

10.21608/ejbo.2024.273997.2744

Keywords

Brevibacillus borstelensis, Aspergillus terreus, Chlorella vulgaris, cellulosic wastes, reducing sugar

Authors

First Name

Azza

Last Name

El-Naggar

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt

Email

azzazaghloul1984@gmail.com

City

Mahalla Kubra, Egypt

Orcid

0009-0000-8561-5028

First Name

Yasser

Last Name

El-Halmouch

MiddleName

Hamato

Affiliation

Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr El-Sheikh 33511, Egypt

Email

yasser.halmouch1970@sci.kfs.edu.eg

City

Kafr El-Sheikh

Orcid

0000-0001-7880-1180

First Name

Baher

Last Name

El-Nogoumy

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Faculty of Science, Kafrelsheikh University, El-Geish Street, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt

Email

b.elnogoumy@sci.kfs.edu.eg

City

Kotor

Orcid

-

First Name

ِEithar

Last Name

El-Mohsnawy

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Botany and microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr Elshrikh, Egypt

Email

eithar@sci.kfs.edu.eg

City

Tanta, Egypt

Orcid

-

Volume

64

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

48675

Issue Date

2024-09-01

Receive Date

2024-03-02

Publish Date

2024-09-01

Page Start

301

Page End

312

Print ISSN

0375-9237

Online ISSN

2357-0350

Link

https://ejbo.journals.ekb.eg/article_377515.html

Detail API

https://ejbo.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=377515

Order

22

Type

Regular issue (Original Article)

Type Code

111

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Botany

Publication Link

https://ejbo.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Safe and promising bioconversion of rice cellulosic waste into algal biomass

Details

Type

Article

Created At

30 Dec 2024