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Prospects of Algae and their Environmental Applications in Malaysia: ACase Study
| Renganathan Rajkumar1* and Mohd Sobri Takriff2 | |
| 1Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia | |
| 2Research Centre for Sustainable Process Technology (CESPRO), Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, University Kebangsaaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia | |
| Corresponding Author : | Renganathan Rajkumar Department of Chemical and Process Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment University Kebangsaan Malaysia 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia Tel: 601135509739 Fax: 60389216148 E-mail: micro_rajkumar@yahoo.co.in |
| Received: October 29, 2015; Accepted: December 02, 2015; Published: December 12, 2015 | |
| Citation: Rajkumar R, Takriff MS (2016) Prospects of Algae and their Environmental Applications in Malaysia: A Case Study. J Bioremed Biodeg 7:321. doi:10.4172/2155-6199.1000321 | |
| Copyright: © 2016 Rajkumar R, et al. This is an open-a ccess article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
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Abstract
Algae are gaining wide attention in the recent times energy scenario as an alternative renewable source of biomass due to the increased awareness of finite fossil-fuel resources and the associated problems. From the environmental aspects, algae could be used to produce biofuel, to remove nutrients and other pollutant from wastewaters, to maintain water quality, as indicators of environmental change and as CO2 sequester. The present review discusses an overview of micro and macroalgae resources and their environmental application includes wastewater treatment, CO2 sequestration and biofuel production are highlighted. Several recommendations are added from the author’s point of view regarding the prospects of Malaysia becoming a leading figure in algae utilization. It is hope that Malaysia’s progress in algae products industry will not only benefit itself but rather as the role model to catalyst the development of global algae industry as a whole.
