In the Handbook of Microalgal Culture, the reader is provided with thorough coverage of the biology, ecology, and environmental interaction of cultured microalgal species, details of the culture systems used, and information about the current and potential uses of microalgae. This text also offers important information for those growing microalgae on a commercial basis.

Handbook of Microalgal Culture is a “must-have” for aquaculture personnel involved in the culture of algae or their use as feed for other aquatic animals, phycologists, biologists, botanists and biotechnologists. Personnel and libraries within pharmaceutical, chemical and nutrition (food and feed) companies will also benefit from this book.

Contents

1. The Microalgae: With Reference to Mass-Cultivation
   1. The Microalgal Cell
   2. Photosynthesis in Microalgae
   3. Basic Culturing Techniques
   4. Environmental Stress Physiology
   5. Environmental Effects on Cell Composition

2. Mass Cultivation of Microalgae
   6. Algal Nutrition: Mineral Nutrition
   7. Algal Nutrition: Heterotrophic Carbon Nutrition
   8. Biological Principles of Mass Cultivation
   9. Mass Production of Microalgae: Photobioreactors
   10. Downstream Processing of Cell-mass and Products

3. Economic Applications of Microalgae
   11. Industrial Production of Microalgal Cell-mass and Secondary Products—Major Industrial Species: Chlorella
   12. Industrial Production of Microalgal Cell-mass and Secondary Products—Major Industrial Species: Arthrospira (Spirulina) Platensis
   13. Industrial Production of Microalgal Cell-mass and Secondary Products—Major Industrial Species: Dunaliella
   14. Industrial Production of Microalgal Cell-mass and Secondary Products—Species of High Potential: Haematococcus
   15. Industrial Production of Microalgal Cell-mass and Secondary Products—Species of High Potential: Porphyridium sp.
   16. Industrial Production of Microalgal Cell-mass and Secondary Products—Species of High Potential: Mass Cultivation of Nannochloropsis in Closed Systems
   17. Industrial Production of Microalgal Cell-mass and Secondary Products—Species of High Potential: Nostoc
   18. Microalgae in Human and Animal Nutrition
   19. Microalgae for Aquaculture: The Current Global Situation and Future Trends
   20. Microalgae for Aquaculture: Microalgae Production for Aquaculture
   21. Microalgae for Aquaculture: The Nutritional Value of Microalgae for Aquaculture
   22. N2-fixing Cyanobacteria as Biofertilizers in Rice Fields
   23. Hydrogen and Methane Production by Microalgae
   24. Water Pollution and Bioremediation by Microalgae: Eutrophication and Water Poisoning
   25. Water Pollution and Bioremediation by Microalgae: Water Purification: Algae in Wastewater Oxidation Ponds
   26. Water Pollution and Bioremediation by Microalgae: Absorption and Adsorption of Heavy Metals by Microalgae
   27. Water Pollution and Bioremediation by Microalgae: Impacts of Microalgae on the Quality of Drinking Water

4. New Frontiers
   28. Targeted Genetic Modification of Cyanobacteria: New Biotechnological Applications
   29. Microalgae as Platforms for Recombinant Proteins
   30. Bioactive Chemicals in Microalgae
   31. Heterotrophic Production of Marine Algae for Aquaculture
   32. N2-fixing Cyanobacteria as a Gene Delivery System for Expressing Mosquitocidal Toxins of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis
   33. The Enhancement of Marine Productivity for Climate Stabilization and Food Security

Index

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