Production of metabolites in microalgae under alkali halophilic growth medium using dissolved inorganic carbon source

Microalgal biomass has become an attractive renewable and sustainable source to produce biofuels and high-value products due to its ability to grow in a wide range of water sources (fresh, brackish, saline and wastewater). It uses solar energy (or artificial light), to provide faster volume of biomass (several folds greater than that of our most productive crops) with a steady biomass supply the whole year and not competing for cultivable land for terrestrial agriculture. A wide range of metabolites are accumulated in microalgae: primary (lipid, carbohydrate, and protein); secondary (phenolic, flavonoids, ascorbate); pigments (chlorophyll, carotenoids) (Rosa et al., 2020; Sathasivam et al., 2019). [...]