Handbook of Microalgal Culture Biotechnology and Applied Phycology

About this book

Provides thorough coverage of the biology, ecology and interaction with the environment of cultured microalgal species, details of the culture systems used and information about the current and potential future uses of microalgae.

Contents

List of Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements

Part I: The Microalgae: With Reference to Mass- Cultivation
1. The Microalgal cell (Luisa Tomaselli)
2. Photosynthesis in Microalgae (Jiri Masojidek, Michael Koblizek and Giuseppe Torzillo)
3. Basic Culturing Techniques (Uuan-Kun Lee and Hui Shen)
4. Environmental Effects on Cell Composition (Qiang Hu)
5. Environmental Effects on Cell Composition (Qiang Hu)

Part II: Mass Cultivation of Microalgae
6. Algal Nutrition. Mineral Nutrition (Johan U. Grobbelaaqr)
7. Algal Nutrition. Heterotrpic Carbon Nutrition (Yuah-Kun Lee)
8. Biological Principles of Mass Cultivation (Amos Richmond)
9. Mass Production of Microalgae: Photobioreactors (Mario R. Tredici)
10. Downstream Processing of Cell-mass and Products (E. Molina Grima, F.G. Fernandez and A. Robles Medina)

Part III: Economic Applications of Microalgae
11. Industrial Production of Microalgal Cell-mass and Secondary Products - Major Industrial Species Chlorella (Hiroaki Iwamoto)
12. Industrial Production of Microalgal Cell-mass and Secondary Producgts - Major industrial species. Arthrospira (Spirulina) Platensis (Qiang Hu)
13. Industrial Production of Microalal Cell-mass and Secondary Produts - Major Industrial Species. Dunaliella (Ami Ben-Amotz)
14. Industrial Production of Microalgal cell-mass and Secondary Produts - Major Industrial Species. Dunaliella (Ami Ben-Amotz)
15. Industrial Production of Microalgal Cell-mass and Secondary Products - Species of High Potential. Porphyridium sp (Shoshana Arad and Amos Richmond)
16. Industrial Production of Microalgal Cell-mass and Secondary Products - Species of High Potential Mass Cultivation of Nannochloropsis in Closed System (Graxiella Chini Zittelli, Liliana Rodolfi and Mario R. Tredici)
17. Industrial Production of Microalgal Cell-mass and Secondary Products - species of High Potential. Nostoc (Han Danxiang, Bi Yonghong and Hu Zhengyu)
18. Microalgae in Human and Animal Nutrition ( Wolfgang Becker)
19. Microalgae for Aquaculture. The Current Global Situation and Future Trends (Arnaud Muller-Feuga)
20. Microalgae for Aquaculture (Oded Zmora and Amos Richmond)
21. Microalgae for Aquaculture (Wofgang Becker)
22. N2-fixing Cyanobacteria as Biofertilizers in Rice Fields (Pierre Roger)
23. Hydrogen and Methane Production by Microalgae (John R. Benemann)
24. Water Pollution and Bioremediation by Microalgae (Susan Blackburn)
25. Water Pollution and Bioremediation by Microalgae (Aharon Abelioich)
26. Water Pollution and Bioremediation by Microalgae (Carl J. Soeder)
27. Water Pollution and Bioremediation by Microalgae (Carl J. Soeder)

Part IV: New Frontiers
28. Targeted Genetic Modification of Cyanobacteria: New Biotechnological Applications (Wim F. J. Vermaas)
29. Microalgae as Platforms for Recombinant Proteins (Qingfang He)
30. Bioactive Chemicals in Microalgae (Olav M. Skulberg)
31. Heterotrphic Production o fMarine Algae for Aquaculture (Moti Harel and Allen R. Place)
32. N2-fixing Cyanobacteria as a Gene Delivery System for Expressing Mosquitocidal Toxins of Bacillus (Sammy Boussiba and Arieh Zaritsky)
33. The Enhancmenbt of Marine Productivity for Climate Stabilizaiton and Food Security (Ian S. F. Jones)

Index

Customer Reviews

Biography

Amos Richmond is at the Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben--Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.