About Algal Biology and its Applications

Algae and microalgae provide more than half of the planet’s oxygen production and net carbon fixation and form the basis of most aquatic food webs. Algal biotechnology represents a promising candidate for future challenges in the bioeconomy as renewable resources for food and feed refined products such as pharma- and nutraceuticals, or as fossil fuel alternatives.

The algae sector will contribute to the EU Bioeconomy Strategy and will offer opportunities to foster sustainable economy based upon renewable resources, yet knowledge gaps still remain.

This collection aims to gather research on algae and microalgae ecology, adaptations and threats from environmental stressors, current developments and valorisation of Algae in a wide variety of markets. Different article types can be included focusing on the following potential topics (but not limited to):

- Algae and microalgae ecology and diversity.
- Drivers of algae and microalgae under changing world and climate.
- Knowledge advances about algae and microalgae biomass production and applications.
- Valorisation of algae and microalgae products and metabolites.
- Potential of algae and microalgae utilization in circular waste-streams.
- Microbial interactions, symbiosis and functional interdependence between algae and other organisms in the phycosphere.
- Contaminants and parasites harmful for algae and microalgae growth and production.

Open Research Europe requires open access to research data supporting articles under the principle ‘as open as possible, as closed as necessary’. All articles should include citations to repositories that host the data underlying the results, together with any information needed to replicate, validate, and/or reuse the results/your study and analysis of the data. We recognise there may be exceptions due to ethical, data protection, or confidentiality considerations, or because the data have been obtained from a third party and access restrictions apply.