The cyanobacterium Limnospira: carbohydrates production, photosynthetic activity, and biomass harvesting KU Leuven
In the last 15 years, particular attention has been given to microalgae and cyanobacteria as a source of renewable biomass for the production of food, feed, energy, and chemicals. Conservative estimates calculate microalgae biomass productivity of 47 – 55 tons dry biomass ha-1 year-1, not too far from the productivity of sugarcane of 73 – 87 tons dry biomass ha-1 year-1, the most productive land crop (Guieysse and Plouviez, 2021), making ...