Acknowledgment This work was supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) through the University of Central Florida’s NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium
and UCF’s Florida Space Institute and Space Florida under grant number NNX15AI10H. This work
was also partially supported by NASA (NNX15AN65A) and the US Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) (No. SU836132).
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was also partially supported by NASA (NNX15AN65A) and the US Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) (No. SU836132).
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Abdel-Raouf N, Al-Homaidan A, Ibraheem I (2012) Microalgae and wastewater treatment. Saudi J
Biol Sci 19:257–275
Adams JM, Gallagher JA, Donnison IS (2009) Fermentation study on Saccharina latissima for
bioethanol production considering variable pre-treatments. J Appl Phycol 21:569
Adesanya VO, Cadena E, Scott SA, Smith AG (2014) Life cycle assessment on microalgal biodiesel
production using a hybrid cultivation system. Bioresour Technol 163:343–355
Adey WH, Kangas PC, Mulbry W (2011) Algal turf scrubbing: cleaning surface waters with solar
energy while producing a biofuel. Bioscience 61:434–441
Akhtar N, Iqbal J, Iqbal M (2004) Enhancement of lead (II) biosorption by microalgal biomass
immobilized onto loofa (Luffa cylindrica) sponge. Eng Life Sci 4:171–178
An JY, Sim SJ, Lee JS, Kim BW (2003) Hydrocarbon production from secondarily treated piggery
wastewater by the green alga Botryococcus braunii. J Appl Phycol 15:185–191
Azadi P, Brownbridge G, Mosbach S, Smallbone A, Bhave A, Inderwildi O, Kraft M (2014) The
carbon footprint and non-renewable energy demand of algae-derived biodiesel. Appl Energy
113:1632–1644
Bartley ML, Boeing WJ, Corcoran AA, Holguin FO, Schaub T (2013) Effects of salinity on growth
and lipid accumulation of biofuel microalga Nannochloropsis salina and invading organisms.
Biomass Bioenergy 54:83–88
Batan L, Quinn J, Willson B, Bradley T (2010) Net energy and greenhouse gas emission evaluation
of biodiesel derived from microalgae. Environ Sci Technol 44:7975–7980
Bellou S, Baeshen MN, Elazzazy AM, Aggeli D, Sayegh F, Aggelis G (2014) Microalgal lipids
biochemistry and biotechnological perspectives. Biotechnol Adv 32:1476–1493
Bharagava RN, Chowdhary P, Saxena G (2017c) Bioremediation: an ecosustainable green technology: its applications and limitations. In: Bharagava RN (ed) Environmental pollutants and
their bioremediation approaches, 1st edn. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, pp
1–22. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315173351-2
Bharagava RN, Saxena G, Chowdhary P (2017b) Constructed wetlands: an emerging
phytotechnology for degradation and detoxification of industrial wastewaters. In: Bharagava
RN (ed) Environmental pollutants and their bioremediation approaches, 1st edn. CRC Press,
Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, pp 397–426. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315173351-15
Bharagava RN, Saxena G, Mulla SI, Patel DK (2017a) Characterization and identification of
recalcitrant organic pollutants (ROPs) in tannery wastewater and its phytotoxicity evaluation
for environmental safety. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 75:259. https://doi.org/10.1007/
s00244-017-0490-x
Birol F (2007) Energy economics: a place for energy poverty in the agenda? Energy J 28(3):1–6
Brentner LB, Eckelman MJ, Zimmerman JB (2011) Combinatorial life cycle assessment to inform
process design of industrial production of algal biodiesel. Environ Sci Technol 45:7060–7067
Brugnera MF, Rajeshwar K, Cardoso JC, Zanoni MVB (2010) Bisphenol A removal from wastewater using self-organized TiO 2 nanotubular array electrodes. Chemosphere 78:569–575
Caldwell D (1946) Sewage oxidation ponds: performance, operation and design. Sewage Works J
18:433–458
12 Microalgae: An Eco-friendly Tool for the Treatment of Wastewaters for. . .
299