欧洲的微藻行业:迈向可持续的生物经济
Irene Gallego1, Nikola Medic2, Jakob Skov Pedersen2
1Research Division Agroecology and Environment, Agroscope, Zurich, Switzerland.
New biotechnology
|January 8, 2025
概括
微藻为食品,料,污染控制和碳捕获提供可持续的解决方案. 欧洲生产商专注于Limnospira,Chlorella和Nannochloropsis,主要使用光生物反应器用于食品和化品应用.
科学领域:
- 生物技术与可持续资源
- 微藻的培养和应用.
- 生物经济与环境科学 生物经济与环境科学
背景情况:
- 微藻是多功能光合作用微生物,在食品,料,环境修复和碳捕获方面具有潜力.
- 优化微藻应用需要仔细考虑菌株生物学,种植参数,系统设计和加工技术.
- 微藻行业正在增长,对可持续生物质生产和衍生化合物的商业兴趣日益增加.
研究的目的:
- 审查微藻和蓝藻的主要商业应用.
- 检查可持续微藻生物质加工的关键生物和生物技术因素.
- 提供欧洲微藻部门的最新概述,包括菌株,种植系统和产品.
主要方法:
- 商业微藻应用和生物技术方面的文献综述.
- 对欧洲微藻行业的分析,确定生产者,产品和服务.
- 欧洲常种植的微藻菌株,种植系统和最终用途市场的调查.
主要成果:
- 确定了来自66家欧洲生产商和49家技术/服务提供商的146种微藻衍生产品.
- Limnospira spp. 这种类型的植物. (螺旋藻),克洛雷拉种类和纳诺克洛普西斯种类. 是种植最多的微藻.
- 光生物反应器是欧洲首选的种植系统,人类消费和化品是主要市场.
结论:
- 欧洲微藻行业表现出显著的活动,确定了关键菌株和种植系统.
- 工业规模生产的挑战包括欧盟内部的物流和监管障碍.
- 基因组技术和先进的生物处理具有推动可持续微藻生物经济的潜力.
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