Biotecnología Ambiental

Biotecnología de microalgas:

• Tratamiento de aguas residuales, biorremoción de colorantes presentes en aguas residuales industriales con Chlorella sp. y Synechocystis sp.

• Producción de metabolitos útiles (pigmentos carotenoides, ficoeritrinas, ficocianinas, ficobiliproteínas, ácidos grasos y polisacáridos) para las industrias de alimentos, cosméticos y fármacos.

• Producción de biomasa para su uso como biofertilizante.

• Estudios de fisiología y bioquímica de microalgas.

• Caracterización de fotobiorreactores dirigidos a incrementar la producción de biomasa y pigmentos.

• Síntesis de hidrocarburos por Botryococcus braunii en fotobiorreactores.

• Producción de luteína y de biodiesel con Scenedesmus incrassatulus.

• Phenotypic plasticity in Scenedesmus incrassatulus (Chlorophyceae) in response to heavy metals stress. Peña-Castro JM, Martinez-Jeronimo F, Esparza-Garcia F, Cañizares-Villanueva RO
  CHEMOSPHERE 57 (11) 1629-1636 DEC 2004
   
• Extraction and purification of phycocyanin from Calothrix sp. Santiago-Santos MC, Ponce-Noyola T, Olvera-Ramirez R, Ortega-Lopez J, Cañizares-Villanueva RO
  PROCESS BIOCHEMISTRY 39 (12): 2047-2052 OCT 29 2004
   
• Heavy metals removal by the microalga Scenedesmus incrassatulus in continuous cultures. Peña-Castro JM, Martinez-Jeronimo F, Esparza-Garcia F, Cañizares-Villanueva RO
  BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 94 (2): 219-222 SEP 2004
   
• Detection, isolation, and characterization of exopolysaccharide produced by a strain of Phormidium 94a isolated from an arid zone of Mexico. Vicente-Garcia V, Rios-Leal E, Calderon-Dominguez G, Cañizares-Villanueva RO, Olvera-Ramirez R
  BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING 85 (3): 306-310 FEB 5 2004
   
• Advances in conceptual design of photobioreactors for microalgal culture.
  Contreras-Flores C, Peña-Castro JM, Flores-Cotera LB, Cañizares-Villanueva RO
  INTERCIENCIA 28 (8): 450-+ AUG 2003
   
• Acute toxicity to Daphnia magna of effluents containing Cd, Zn, and a mixture Cd-Zn, after metal removal by Chlorella vulgaris. Cañizares-Villanueva RO, Martinez-Jeronimo F, Espinosa-Chavez F
  ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY 15 (3): 160-164 JUL 2000
   
• Growth evaluation and bioproducts characterization of Calothrix sp. Olvera-Ramirez R, Coria-Cedillo M, Cañizares-Villanueva RO, Martinez-Jeronimo F, Ponce-Noyola T, Rios-Leal E
  BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 72 (2): 121-124 APR 2000
   
• Heavy metal removal by microalgae. Travieso L, Cañizares RO, Borja R, Benitez F, Dominguez AR, Dupeyron R, Valiente V
  BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 62 (2): 144-151 FEB 1999
   
• Effect of cadmium and zinc on respiration and photosynthesis in suspended and immobilized cultures of Chlorella vulgaris and Scenedesmus acutus. Ilangovan K, Cañizares-Villanueva RO, Moreno SG, Voltolina D
  BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 60 (6): 936-943 JUN 1998
   
• Efficiency of ammonia and phosphorus removal from a Colombian agroindustrial wastewater by the microalgae Chlorella vulgaris and Scenedesmus dimorphus. Gonzalez LE, Cañizares RO, Baena S
  BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 60 (3): 259-262 JUN 1997