Heizir F. de Castro

Microalgae Assisted Bioremediation of Landfill Leachate Using a Biocoil Reactor: Evaluation of Operational Conditions Using Taguchi Experimental Design

Cristiano E. Rodrigues Reis, Carla C. A. Loures, Heizir F. de Castro, Patrícia C. M. Da Rós, Júlio C. Santos, Helcio J. Izário Filho & Messias B. Silva · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2016

The utilization of organic matter present in low-value effluents, such as landfill leachate, for cultivation of microorganisms exhibit an opportunity for low-cost cell growth while reducing the pollutants in the residue. The feasibility of reducing the organic load and toxic leac...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJECC/2016/29831

Microbial Oil Derived from Filamentous Cyanobacterium Trichormus sp. as Feedstock to Yield Fatty Acid Ethyl Esters by Enzymatic Synthesis

Patrícia C. M. Da Rós, Caroline S. Pamplona Silva, Maria Estela Silva-Stenico, Marli F. Fiore & Heizir F. de Castro · Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology · 2017

The aim of this study was to optimize the cultivation conditions of Trichormus sp. CENA77 and to evaluate the lipid feedstock to generate ethyl esters via enzymatic route using NovozymÒ 435 as catalyst. Under optimized cultivation conditions (1.5 g L-1 Na2CO3 and 150 µmol photon...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JABB/2017/33045