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Moreover, they have been observed to possess antioxidant, anticancer\/antineoplastic, and anti-inflammatory activities. Therefore, the search for new methods of their extraction and isolation is still ongoing. Foam fractionation, a bubble separation technique that allows amphiphilic molecules to be separated from their aqueous solutions, is a promising but understudied method. The process may be carried out both under mild conditions that are suitable for proteins and also for diluted solutions. This paper presents the results of applying the foam fractionation process to concentrate and separate phycobiliproteins. Allo- and C-phycocyanin from a thermophilic Synechococcus PCC 6715 strain were used in extract form after biomass cultivation and disintegration. Two ways of running the process were investigated: batch mode and continuous mode, the latter of which has not been reported in the literature previously. The results indicate that the method can be applied on a larger scale, as the outcomes of the continuous mode processes were comparable to those of the batch mode. 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