{"id":3405,"date":"2022-02-04T09:27:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T08:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/equipes.lps.u-psud.fr\/tice\/?page_id=3405"},"modified":"2026-02-18T16:32:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:32:58","slug":"microalgae-and-co2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/equipes.lps.u-psud.fr\/tice\/microalgae-and-co2\/","title":{"rendered":"Microalgae and CO2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photosynthetic unicellular micro-organisms include prokaryotic (cyanobacteria) and eukaryotic ones. They are responsible for half of the global photosynthesis, the other half being realized by plants and trees. Microalgae and cyanobacteria are currently being studied for biofuels, feed or food, valuable chemicals or for wasterwater treatment. In our research, we focus on their CO<sub>2<\/sub> capture through photosynthesis, in the objective of climate change mitigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A first work has been realized in our team and published in 2022. It is a \u201cthought experiment\u201d consisting in a \u201cnegative emissions\u201d process, i.e. removing CO<sub>2<\/sub> from the atmosphere. The feasibility of Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) using microalgae or cyanobacteria instead of plants was investigated and quantified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A PhD started in our group in 2024, on the topic of quantifying the CO<sub>2<\/sub> capture realized by a cyanobacterium. The experiments are realized either using a photobioreactor or a multicultivator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"727\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/equipes.lps.u-psud.fr\/tice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/02\/Catherine_Multi_cultivateur.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/equipes.lps.u-psud.fr\/tice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/02\/Catherine_Multi_cultivateur.jpg 727w, https:\/\/equipes.lps.u-psud.fr\/tice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/02\/Catherine_Multi_cultivateur-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Multicultivator<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/equipes.lps.u-psud.fr\/tice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/02\/Catherine_photobioreacteur.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/equipes.lps.u-psud.fr\/tice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/02\/Catherine_photobioreacteur.jpg 565w, https:\/\/equipes.lps.u-psud.fr\/tice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2026\/02\/Catherine_photobioreacteur-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photobioreactor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photosynthetic unicellular micro-organisms include prokaryotic (cyanobacteria) and eukaryotic ones. They are responsible for half of the global photosynthesis, the other half being realized by plants and trees. Microalgae and cyanobacteria &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3405","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/equipes.lps.u-psud.fr\/tice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/equipes.lps.u-psud.fr\/tice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/equipes.lps.u-psud.fr\/tice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equipes.lps.u-psud.fr\/tice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/equipes.lps.u-psud.fr\/tice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3405"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/equipes.lps.u-psud.fr\/tice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3747,"href":"https:\/\/equipes.lps.u-psud.fr\/tice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3405\/revisions\/3747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/equipes.lps.u-psud.fr\/tice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}