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Algal Biomass: Potential Renewable Feedstock for Biofuel Production

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Algae possess immense potential to yield a myriad of valuable products which find wide application in waste water remediation, nutraceuticals, and aquaculture. The natural products from algae have attained significant attention owing to their extraordinary efficiency which makes them suitable for a plethora of application as biofuels, waste water remediation agents, therapeutics, food and feed, nutraceuticals, biocontrol agents, and aquaculture. Despite the huge potential of algae, studies are limited owing to the fact the difficulties in isolation and cultivation, the significant impact of nutrients, contaminants, and sessional variations. Waste waters tend to act as a source of nutrients, thereby facilitating the growth of algae, which in turn quench the excessive nutrients and heavy metals leading to the phycoremediation of waste waters. Algae can produce a plethora of biofuels including biodiesel, biogas, and bioethanol to name a few. This chapter elaborates the potential of algae biomass as a renewable feedstock for biofuel production and their further utilisation as a promising source of nutraceuticals and high-value products, which can be a sustainable solution making the best out of waste for a better global environment and economy.

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The authors would like to thank the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India, for research funding (BT/PR15650/AAQ/3/815/2016).

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Tiwari, A., Marella, T.K. (2020). Algal Biomass: Potential Renewable Feedstock for Biofuel Production. In: Srivastava, N., Srivastava, M., Mishra, P., Gupta, V. (eds) Substrate Analysis for Effective Biofuels Production. Clean Energy Production Technologies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9607-7_1

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