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Handbook of Microalgae-Based Processes and Products : Fundamentals and Advances in Energy, Food, Feed, Fertilizer, and Bioactive Compounds /

The Handbook of Microalgae-based Processes and Products provides a complete overview of all aspects involved in the production and utilization of microalgae resources at commercial scale. Divided into four parts (fundamentals, microalgae-based processes, microalgae-based products, and engineering ap...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; San Diego, CA : Academic Press, an imprint of ELSEVIER, [2020]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Handbook of Microalgae-Based Processes and Products: Fundamentals and Advances in Energy, Food, Feed, Fertilizer, and Bioa ...
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Foreword by Michael A. Borowitzka
  • Part 1: Fundamentals
  • Chapter 1: Microalgae biotechnology: A brief introduction
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 1.2. A brief history of everything
  • 1.3. Algae as human food
  • 1.3.1. Microalgae and seafood
  • 1.4. Nitrogen for sustainable agriculture
  • 1.5. Potential biofuels and other organic chemicals
  • 1.6. Carbon sequestration by microalgae
  • 1.7. Algae-based treatment of wastewaters
  • 1.8. Harmful algae
  • 1.9. Commercial production and processing of microalgal biomass
  • 1.10. Concluding remarks
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Morphophysiological, structural, and metabolic aspects of microalgae
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. Morphological aspects of microalgae
  • 2.3. Cell ultrastructure of microalgae
  • 2.3.1. Prokaryotic cells
  • 2.3.2. Eukaryotic cells
  • 2.4. General considerations on microalgae
  • 2.4.1. Prokaryotic microalgae (cyanobacteria)
  • 2.4.2. Eukaryotic microalgae
  • 2.4.2.1. The green algae (Chlorophyta/Charophyta)
  • 2.4.2.2. Euglenophyta
  • 2.4.2.3. Haptophyta
  • 2.4.2.4. Dinoflagellates (Dinophyceae)
  • 2.4.2.5. The diatoms (Bacillariophyceae)
  • 2.4.2.6. Eustigmatophyceae
  • 2.4.2.7. The red algae (Rhodophyta)
  • 2.5. Metabolic aspects of microalgae
  • 2.5.1. Photosynthetic metabolism
  • 2.5.1.1. Photosynthetic pigments
  • 2.5.1.1.1. Chlorophyll
  • 2.5.1.1.2. Carotenoids
  • 2.5.1.1.3. Phycobiliproteins
  • 2.5.1.2. Photosynthesis
  • 2.5.1.3. Respiration
  • 2.5.1.4. Nitrogen fixation
  • 2.6. Concluding remarks
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Microalgae culture collections, strain maintenance, and propagation
  • 3.1. Living biological collections
  • 3.2. The operation of microalgae culture collections
  • 3.2.1. Basic laboratory infrastructure
  • 3.2.2. Identification of cultures
  • 3.2.3. Propagation of cultures
  • 3.2.4. Conditions of keeping microalgae in culture collections
  • 3.2.5. Strain quality control and routine problems
  • 3.2.6. Cryopreservation of microalgae in culture collections
  • 3.2.7. Microalgae as models of organisms in genomics, proteomics, and GMO studies-The role of culture collections
  • 3.3. Some microalgae culture collections across the world
  • 3.4. Concluding remarks