Hesam Kamyab - Institute of Environmental Water Resources and Management (IPASA), Water Research Alliance, Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor ۸۱۳۱۰, Malaysia. Corresponding author
Mohammad Soltani - Department of Bioprocess, Faculty of Chemical Engineering (FKK), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), ۸۱۳۱۰ Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
Mohandoss Ponraj - Institute of Environmental Water Resources and Management (IPASA), Water Research Alliance, Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor ۸۱۳۱۰, Malaysia
Mohd Fadhil MD DIN - Institute of Environmental Water Resources and Management (IPASA), Water Research Alliance, Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor ۸۱۳۱۰, Malaysia

Microalgae are reported as potential source to produce lipids from their biomass cells. Lipid as a group of organic compound is a primary raw material used in biofuel production as well as component for foods, cosmetic products, fertilizers and animal feed. As the resources of manufacturing lipid from synthetic media are costly, the derivation of inexpensive carbon and nutritional sources from wastewater such as palm oil mill effluent (POME) is useful in massive scale. Furthermore, unique characteristic of microalgae as alternative agents to treat POME wastewater is another encouraging aspect of its application. In addition, biodiesel production from algae can produce 5,000 –15,000 gallons of biodiesel per acre/year. However, high yield production of high-lipid-content-algae biomass, determination of effective techniques in order to harvest grown algae, algal oil extraction and trans-esterification of extracted oil for converting into biodiesel are challenging issues need deep investigation. This review is focused on previous studies on POME as possible carbon and nutritional source used to treat environmental pollution caused by POME discharges and to increase the growth rate of microalgae in order to high-lipid content production

Lipid production, Microalgae, POME, Wastewater treatment