Microalgae for bioremediation of textile wastewater: An overview

Abstract

In early 1960’s, the Japanese company Nihon Chlorella was the first one to make microalgae commercially available. Since then, the microalgae cultivation at industrial scale has grown and diversified significantly. Among the microalgae applications, bioremediation of textile wastewater is one the most promising technologies due to the simultaneous benefits: microalgae cultivation using textile wastewater as culture medium (bioremediation and CO2 mitigation) followed by microalgae lipid application (biodiesel production). Therefore, the aim of this work was to put a light on the main keys in bioremediation of textile wastewater using microalgae.