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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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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