Publications by Enio Daniel Zanchetta

Purification of Cellulose and Chitin Polymers and Other Value-Added Products from the Microalga Chlorella vulgaris Using a Green Biorefinery Process

Christian Ludwig, Horst Pick, Enio Daniel Zanchetta, Eya Nicodeme

Microalgae produce renewable biomass at high efficiency by using photosynthesis to capture the greenhouse gas CO2 from the atmosphere and releasing O2. Chlorella vulgaris is one of the most frequently cultivated unicellular green microalgae of commercial r ...

2025

Abiotic stress approaches for enhancing cellulose and chitin production in Chlorella vulgaris

Christian Ludwig, Horst Pick, Enio Daniel Zanchetta, Eya Nicodeme

Several lines of evidence point to the presence of both, cellulose and chitin as structural constituents of the Chlorella vulgaris cell wall. These biopolymers are favourable building blocks for many sustainable industrial applications for instance as bioc ...

Elsevier BV2025

Enhanced cellulose and chitin biosynthesis in the microalga Chlorella vulgaris - towards a biorefinery concept for bioplastic applications

Enio Daniel Zanchetta

Plastics are versatile polymeric materials that are produced for a multitude of useful applications. The world-wide demand for plastics, which are currently mostly made from fossil fuels, is continuously increasing. The development of biodegradable plastic ...

EPFL2024

Methods and devices for cultivating coenocytic algae

Christian Ludwig, Enio Daniel Zanchetta, Eya Nicodeme

The present invention concerns methods and devices for cultivating coenocytic algae and for producing cellulose, in particular microfibrillated cellulose (MFC). In one embodiment, the algae are grown on a solid substrate immersed in liquid culture medium. ...

2023

Algal cellulose, production and potential use in plastics: Challenges and opportunities

Christian Ludwig, Horst Pick, Enio Daniel Zanchetta, Eya Nicodeme, Tobias Borgmeyer, Adrian Pulgarin

The development of new biodegradable plastic materials from renewable sources is a major challenge for plastic industries to provide sustainable alternatives to petroleum plastic. Bio-based plastics are generally obtained from photosynthetic biomass such a ...

2021