Karkooti A., Rastgar M., (Corresponding) Sadrzadeh M.
Topic:
Water treatment
As an obstacle against the widespread application of membranes in larger scales, fouling via different materials could cause a severe decline in water permeation. Herein, we fabricated a novel mechanically-stable electro-conductive membrane by simple pressure-assisted laminating of reduced Graphene...Read more
Treatment of drinking water by UV/Cl2: a study of β-cyclocitral, a cyanobacterial taste & odor compound.
Avagianos C., Antonopoulou M., Dimotikali D., Hiskia A., (Corresponding) Kaloudis T.
Topic:
Water treatment
Homogeneous photocatalytic processes are receiving increased interest with regards to drinking water treatment for emerging pollutants. Especially the UV/Cl2 technique has a potential for real large-scale applications as it can combine disinfection with chemical oxidation using processes that are...Read more
Overrated Credence to the Outdated Sand Mining Legislations - A hydrologically challenged measure
Varadharajan S.
Topic:
Hydrology and water resources
The recent floods in the 'God's own Paradise'(Kerala) reminds the Indian Sub-Continent as well as the Global spectators of not just heavy rainfall but also the 'hungry water effect' from deranged desiltation. Laws from the first decade of independence...Read more
Biotechnological conversions of crude glycerol, residue deriving from biodiesel production facilities, by strains of the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica
(Corresponding) Papanikolaou S., Diamantopoulou P., Sarris D., Aggelis G.
Topic:
Environmental biotechnology and bioenergy
Aim of the present study was to assess the ability of four Yarrowia lipolytica strains (ACA-DC 50109, LFMB Y-20, ATCC 20460 and LMBF Y-45) to grow on biodiesel-derived crude glycerol, the principal residue-stream deriving from biodiesel manufacture. Initial trials were carried out in shake-flasks...Read more
Lipid production by Rhodosporidium toruloides growing on media presenting composition similarities with the spent sulfite liquor in batch and fed-batch cultures
Michou S., Vastarouchaa E., Sarris D., Kalantzi O., (Corresponding) Papanikolaou S.
Topic:
Environmental biotechnology and bioenergy
Aim of this study is to explore the effect of sodium lignosulfonate (SL), a paper industry by-product, on cell growth and lipid production by the yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides, cultivated on xylose-based media, that mimic the principal waste-stream originated from paper production facilities (viz...Read more
Keywords:
Rhodosporidium toruloides; sodium lignosulfonate ; single cell oil; biodiesel
Biotechnological production of polyols through conversions of crude glycerol by newly isolated strains of the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica
Vastaroucha E., Michou S., Kalantzi O., (Corresponding) Papanikolaou S.
Topic:
Environmental biotechnology and bioenergy
The purpose of this study is to investigate the ability of newly isolated Yarrowia lipolytica strains to grow on crude glycerol, the main by-product of the industrial production of biodiesel. In particular, the ability of the yeasts to metabolize glycerol and produce dry cell weight (DCW) and...Read more
Production of added-value metabolites during growth of wild-type yeast strains on media composed of biodiesel-derived crude glycerol
Diamantopoulou P., Filippousi R., Sarantou S., Stoforos N., Xenopoulos E., (Corresponding) Papanikolaou S.
Topic:
Environmental biotechnology and bioenergy
Wild-type yeast strains of Metschnikowia sp., Rhodotorula sp. and Rhodosporidium sp. were grown under nitrogen-limited conditions with crude glycerol employed as sole substrate in shake flasks, under nitrogen-limited conditions, with initial glycerol concentration (Glol0) ≈45 g/L. Yeasts presented...Read more
Lipid production by Rhodosporidium toruloides during growth on biodiesel-derived crude glycerol
Sarantou S., Stoforos N., Ourania K., Diamantopoulou P., (Corresponding) Papanikolaou S.
Topic:
Environmental biotechnology and bioenergy
Rhodosporidium toruloides DSM 4444 when grown on biodiesel-derived glycerol under nitrogen-limited conditions was revealed as an efficient microbial lipid produced. This strain when cultivated on glycerol at initial concentration (Gly0) ~50 g/L produced dry cell weight (DCW) =18.1 g/L containing...Read more
Screening strains of genus Pleurotus for biomass production in solid state fermentation of agricultural residues
(Corresponding) Diamantopoulou P., Melanouri E., Papanikolaou S.
Topic:
Solid waste management
The ability of several strains belonging to Pleurotus ostreatus and P. eryngii mushroom genera to grow on various agricultural residues was examined and their mycelium growth rates and biomass production (estimated as glucosamine content) were compared. Four P. ostreatus (AMRL 137, 144, 147, 150)...Read more
Production parameters and nutritional value of Pleurotus ostreatus mushroom cultivated on agricultural wastes
Melanouri I., Fourtaka K., Papanikolaou S., (Corresponding) Diamantopoulou P.
Topic:
Agroforestry, forest and agricultural sustainability
The influence of two alternative agro-residues (barley and oat straw-ΒΟ and beech wood residues-ΒW) used as main cultivation substrates in respect to wheat straw-WS was examined on the production and quality characteristics of Pleurotus ostreatus, strain AMRL 144. Evaluation included fungal bio-...Read more
