title: Recent advances and industrial viewpoint for biological treatment of wastewaters by oleaginous microorganisms.
abstract: Recently, technology of using oleaginous microorganisms for biological treatment of wastewaters has become one hot topic in biochemical and environmental engineering for its advantages such as easy for operation in basic bioreactor, having potential to produce valuable bio-products, efficient wastewaters treatment in short period, etc. To promote its industrialization, this article provides some comprehensive analysis of this technology such as its advances, issues, and outlook especially from industrial viewpoint. In detail, the types of wastewaters can be treated and the kinds of oleaginous microorganisms used for biological treatment are introduced, the potential of industrial application and issues (relatively low COD removal, low lipid yield, cost of operation, and lack of scale up application) of this technology are presented, and some critical outlook mainly on co-culture method, combination with other treatments, process controlling and adjusting are discussed systematically. By this article, some important information to develop this technology can be obtained.
authors.affiliation: CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Guangzhou 510640, PR China; Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, Guangzhou 510640, PR China.
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China.
authors.forename: Mu-Tan
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Guangzhou 510640, PR China; Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, Guangzhou 510640, PR China.
authors.forename: Xue-Fang
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Guangzhou 510640, PR China; Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, Guangzhou 510640, PR China.
authors.forename: Lian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.affiliation: CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Guangzhou 510640, PR China; Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, Guangzhou 510640, PR China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Mei
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Guangzhou 510640, PR China; Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, Guangzhou 510640, PR China. Electronic address: cxd_cxd@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Xin-De
authors.initials: XD
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D001709:Biotechnology; D007221:Industry; D009821:Oils / Q000378:metabolism*; D062065:Wastewater / Q000382:microbiology*; D018508:Water Purification / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D009821:Oils; D062065:Wastewater
keywords: Biological wastewaters treatment; Co-culture; Combination with other treatments; Industrial application; Oleaginous microorganisms; Process controlling and adjusting