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In the past few decades, the world has encountered the climatic hitches, depletion of fossil fuel reserves, and the global rise in temperature and water pollution, which have been of utmost concern lately. These issues have raised various environmental, economic, and geopolitical concerns, also threatening global security and influencing the society in distinct ways. Despite the availability of substitutes for fossil fuels, they pose certain limitations which restrain their application in the global market. This shortcoming has intrigued the researchers worldwide and shifted the research focus toward the development, production, and commercialization of renewable and sustainable biofuels as an effective alternative for conventional energy sources. Cultivation of microalgal organisms with the inherent potential of phycoremediation can help curb the alarming global issues kee** into consideration the economics and sustainability of the process. The process of phycoremediation involves the employment of macro- or microalgal organisms that can reduce or biotransform various nutrients, toxic chemicals, and pollutants from wastewaters of diverse origins. This book chapter addresses different properties of algae contributing to wastewater treatment, more specifically the use of cyanobacteria and its consortium for effective removal of numerous pollutants from waste effluents.

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Dr. Simranjeet Singh is thankful to the Interdisciplinary Center for Water Research (IcWaR), Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore for the financial assistance, IOE-IIsc Fellowship (Sr. No: IE/REAC-20-0134), and providing laboratory and library facilities.

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    Simranjeet Singh & Praveen C. Ramamurthy

  2. Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Drug Development, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

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  3. Department of Material Engineering, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, India

    Shweta Shekar

  4. Department of Botany, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India

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  5. Department of Biotechnology and Medical Sciences, Baba Farid College, Bathinda, Punjab, India

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  6. Department of Biotechnology, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India

    Daljeet Singh Dhanjal

  7. Department of Microbiology, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India

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Singh, S. et al. (2021). Phycoremediation of Wastewater. In: Rastogi, R.P. (eds) Ecophysiology and Biochemistry of Cyanobacteria. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4873-1_13

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