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Myrsini Sakarika

Postdoctoral researcher, Ghent University, Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology …
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Purple non‐sulphur bacteria and plant production: benefits for fertilization, stress resistance and the environment

M Sakarika, J Spanoghe, Y Sui… - Microbial …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purple non‐sulphur bacteria ( PNSB ) are phototrophic microorganisms, which increasingly
gain attention in plant production due to their ability to produce and accumulate high‐value …

Effect of pH on growth and lipid accumulation kinetics of the microalga Chlorella vulgaris grown heterotrophically under sulfur limitation

M Sakarika, M Kornaros - Bioresource technology, 2016 - Elsevier
The goal of the present study was to investigate the pH range that can support the growth of
C. vulgaris, and, more specifically, to identify the optimal pH for the microalga’s growth, …

Impact of substrate and growth conditions on microbial protein production and composition

M Sakarika, P Candry, M Depoortere, R Ganigué… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Production of microbial protein (MP) from recovered resources – eg CO 2 -sourced formate
and acetate – could provide protein while enabling CO 2 capture. To assess the protein …

Environmental impact of microbial protein from potato wastewater as feed ingredient: Comparative consequential life cycle assessment of three production systems …

M Spiller, M Muys, G Papini, M Sakarika, M Buyle… - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Livestock production is utilizing large amounts of protein-rich feed ingredients such as
soybean meal. The proven negative environmental impacts of soybean meal production …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in wastewater microalgae-based biofuels production: A state-of-the-art review

SS Ali, SG Mastropetros, M Schagerl, M Sakarika… - Energy Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Rapidly expanding industrialization and the depletion of non-renewable fossil fuels have
necessitated the discovery of feasible renewable alternatives to meet the rising energy demand …

Chlorella vulgaris as a green biofuel factory: comparison between biodiesel, biogas and combustible biomass production

M Sakarika, M Kornaros - Bioresource technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Biofuels are viewed as the answer to safeguard the currently challenged energy security. To
this end, the present study provides a comparison between approaches regarding …

Methylotrophs: from C1 compounds to food

M Sakarika, R Ganigué, K Rabaey - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2022 - Elsevier
… Author links open overlay panel Myrsini Sakarika 1 2 , Ramon Ganigué 1 2 , Korneel …
Myrsini Sakarika: Conceptualization, Data collection and curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, …

Kinetics of growth and lipids accumulation in Chlorella vulgaris during batch heterotrophic cultivation: Effect of different nutrient limitation strategies

M Sakarika, M Kornaros - Bioresource Technology, 2017 - Elsevier
The present study aimed at: (1) determining the effect of sulfur addition on biomass growth
and (2) assessing the effect of sulfur, phosphorus and nitrogen limitation on lipid …

Two-stage anaerobic digestion harnesses more energy from the co-digestion of end-of-life dairy products with agro-industrial waste compared to the single-stage …

M Sakarika, K Stavropoulos, A Kopsahelis… - Biochemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
This research aimed at comparing the single-stage and two-stage co-digestion of end-of-life
dairy products (EoL-DPs) with a mixture of agro-industrial waste(water)s. The two systems …

Proof of concept of high-rate decentralized pre-composting of kitchen waste: Optimizing design and operation of a novel drum reactor

M Sakarika, M Spiller, R Baetens, G Donies… - Waste Management, 2019 - Elsevier
Each ton of organic household waste that is collected, transported and composted incurs
costs (€75/ton gate fee). Reducing the mass and volume of kitchen waste (KW) at the point of …