A novel method to harvest microalgae via co-culture of filamentous fungi to form cell pellets

► An innovative method to harvest microalgae cells by co-culturing filamentous fungi to form cell pellets. ► No external sugar is needed for the fungal cell growth when co-culturing the autotrophic microalgae cells. ► Co-pelletization stimulates the total microalgae cell production. ► This technique can be applied to other microalgae cultivation processes.