Use of mining effluents for the production of algal-based colorants

In this research, a mining effluent was used to produce microalgal and cyanobacterial bio-mass to obtain red (carotenoids) and blue pigments (phycocyanin). Two strains were isolated from a hydrothermal source in Norte de Santander and grown in mining wastewater mixed with 50% BG-11 medium for the Os...