Perfomalgae
Establishing high performance algae industrial cultures for the production of biostimulants and functional feeds
Approach
PERFROMALGAE will mainly focus on the functionality of the developed microalgae-based products. It will use non-GMO high-throughput screening techniques, such as random mutagenesis and flow cytometry, to produce microalgae strains with improved metabolite profiles (biostimulants, PUFAs, and pigments). Besides, the project will also focus on increasing compound bioavailability through the optimization of cellular disruption and hydrolysis processes.
Targets:
1) Research & Development of two products with biostimulant and biopesticide activity, AllGrowth Plus, exclusively composed of microalgae, and AllGrowth, composed of a blend of micro- and macroalgae.
2) Set the foundations of a novel line of algae based functional additives, AllGPerform, target the aquaculture market. These additives will exploit algae antioxidant and immunostimulant properties to improve the performance and resistance of fish early stages.
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Products ready for the market
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Improved microalgae strains
≥3
Verified claims
3
Partners
Agriculture The reduction in at least 20 % the use of fertilizers and in 50 % the use of chemical and the most dangerous pesticides until 2030 is mentioned at the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies of the European Comission. Despite the use of marine algae derived products to improve the agriculture efficiency being widely known, there is a strong need to accurately characterize the bioactive compounds each species contains and to elucidate the molecular and physiological mechanisms that confer such bioactivity. In PERFORMALGAE, the challenge is to characterize biostimulants and test their effects in a wide range of different plant species.
Aquaculture Microalgae are a source of a great diversity of high value bioactive compounds with functional potential in aquaculture. Compounds such as polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) or pigments have immunostimulant and antioxidative properties. Thus they can be used as nutraceutical supplements for fish in the first stages of development (larvae and juveniles), when they are most sensitive to stress and susceptive to diseases. However, there are still few algae based supplements with proved functionalities for aquaculture. This may be due to the low bioavailability of the functional compounds and to the lack of robust validation of the functional characteristics of this compounds in aquatic species. It is these gaps that PERFORMALGAE will try to fulfill.
Algae-based products
AllGrowth
An economic blend of macro and microalgae enriched in biostimulants/ biopesticides, PUFAs, and pigments
AllGrowth Plus
Premium microalgae biostimulant/ biopesticide enriched in PUFAs and pigments
AllGPerform
Microalgae aquafeed with antioxidant and immunostimulant properties for larvae and juvenile fish
The PERFORMALGAE project consortium
Allmicroalgae, an industrial microalgae producer, the GreenCoLAB, a collaborative laboratory for the development of algal based products, and the University of Algarve (UALG) will join resources and strengths in a multidisciplinary consortium in order to transfer knowledge from academia to the industry and bring innovative products from the industry to the market.
The PERFORMALGAE project consortium
Allmicroalgae, an industrial microalgae producer, the GreenCoLAB, a collaborative laboratory for the development of algal based products, and the University of Algarve (UALG) will join resources and strengths in a multidisciplinary consortium in order to transfer knowledge from academia to the industry and bring innovative products from the industry to the market.
Contact us
Allmicroalgae – Natural Products S. A.
Rua 25 de Abril s/n Pataias
2445-413 Portugal