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Preface | p. xi |
Foreword | p. xiii |
Contributors | p. xiv |
Porphyridium cruentum | p. 1 |
Fatty acid composition | p. 1 |
Triacylglycerols | p. 2 |
Biosynthesis of AA and EPA | p. 3 |
Feeding with fatty acid precursors | p. 4 |
Radiolabelling studies | p. 5 |
Selection of mutants deficient in EPA biosynthesis | p. 9 |
Environmental factors affecting PUFA content | p. 11 |
Temperature | p. 11 |
Light intensity and biomass concentration | p. 14 |
Nitrogen starvation | p. 15 |
Strains | p. 16 |
Outdoor cultivation | p. 17 |
EPA overproduction | p. 18 |
EPA purification | p. 20 |
Feeding with external fatty acids | p. 20 |
References | p. 21 |
Monodus subterraneus | p. 25 |
Fatty acid composition of individual lipids | p. 25 |
Effects of nutritional and environmental conditions | p. 25 |
Outdoor cultivation | p. 28 |
Evaluation of EPA-producing species | p. 30 |
Production of high purity EPA | p. 32 |
Biosynthesis | p. 35 |
Future directions | p. 38 |
References | p. 39 |
Production of eicosapentaenoic acid by the marine eustigmatophyte Nannochloropsis | p. 41 |
Introduction | p. 41 |
Nannochloropsis and other eustigmatophytes | p. 42 |
Chemical composition | p. 43 |
Biosynthesis of lipids and polyunsaturated fatty acids | p. 45 |
Modulation of fatty acid composition | p. 47 |
Mass production | p. 49 |
Commercial applications and feeding experiments | p. 51 |
Acknowledgements | p. 53 |
References | p. 53 |
Production of EPA from Phaeodactylum tricornutum | p. 57 |
Introduction | p. 57 |
Criteria for selecting Phaeodactylum tricornutum UTEX 640 as a potential source of EPA | p. 58 |
Phaeodactylum tricornutum UTEX 640 biomass production in horizontal tubular air-lift photobioreactors | p. 62 |
EPA production from Phaeodactylum tricornutum UTEX 640 | p. 78 |
Concluding remarks | p. 85 |
Acknowledgements | p. 86 |
Nomenclature | p. 86 |
References | p. 87 |
Genetic improvement of EPA content in microalgae | p. 93 |
Introduction | p. 93 |
The genetic approach to strain improvement | p. 94 |
Genetic improvement of EPA content in microalgae | p. 96 |
Conclusions | p. 102 |
Acknowledgements | p. 103 |
References | p. 103 |
Recovery of algal PUFAs | p. 108 |
Introduction | p. 108 |
A general overview of lipid and fatty acid extraction | p. 113 |
PUFA concentration and purification techniques | p. 120 |
Integrated process for obtaining highly pure PUFA from algae | p. 128 |
Concluding remarks | p. 138 |
Acknowledgements | p. 138 |
References | p. 140 |
Microalgal carotenoids | p. 145 |
Introduction | p. 145 |
Structures of microalgal carotenoids | p. 145 |
Distribution of microalgal carotenoids | p. 149 |
Isolation, identification and structure elucidation | p. 161 |
Biological aspects | p. 165 |
Summary | p. 168 |
References | p. 168 |
Production of astaxanthin by Haematococcus | p. 173 |
Introduction | p. 173 |
Astaxanthin-producing microalgae | p. 174 |
Cell cycle of Haematococcus | p. 174 |
Pathway of astaxanthin synthesis | p. 177 |
Regulation of biosynthesis of carotenoids leading to astaxanthin | p. 179 |
Location of astaxanthin in Haematococcus cells | p. 181 |
Factors affecting astaxanthin accumulation and cell growth | p. 181 |
Function of secondary carotenoids including astaxanthin | p. 185 |
Improvement of cell growth and astaxanthin synthesis | p. 187 |
Molecular biology of Haematococcus | p. 188 |
Commercial production and application of astaxanthin from Haematococcus | p. 188 |
Conclusion and future work | p. 189 |
References | p. 190 |
Production of [beta]-carotene from Dunaliella | p. 196 |
Biology and halotolerance | p. 196 |
[beta]-carotene and production | p. 197 |
Biotechnology of [beta]-carotene production by Dunaliella | p. 199 |
Natural versus synthetic [beta]-carotene | p. 201 |
Commercial producers | p. 203 |
References | p. 203 |
Chemicals of Botryococcus braunii | p. 205 |
Introduction | p. 205 |
Isolation and methodology for the study of chemicals from B. braunii | p. 210 |
Hydrocarbons | p. 211 |
Usual lipids | p. 223 |
Non-classical lipids | p. 225 |
Macromolecular lipids and algaenans | p. 243 |
Polysaccharides | p. 248 |
Biotechnological studies | p. 248 |
Concluding remarks | p. 252 |
References | p. 253 |
Phycobiliproteins | p. 261 |
Introduction | p. 261 |
Phycobiliproteins from cyanobacteria or red algae | p. 262 |
Cryptomonad phycobiliproteins | p. 267 |
Applications of the phycobiliproteins | p. 269 |
References | p. 276 |
Polysaccharides of red microalgae | p. 282 |
Introduction | p. 282 |
Red microalgae | p. 282 |
Cell-wall polysaccharides of the red microalgae | p. 283 |
Cell wall formation | p. 285 |
Production of new polysaccharides by protoplast fusion | p. 286 |
Applications of red microalgal polysaccharides | p. 286 |
References | p. 287 |
Polyhydroxyalkanoates | p. 292 |
Introduction | p. 292 |
Properties of PHAs relevant to their use | p. 293 |
Biosynthesis of PHAs | p. 297 |
Occurrence of PHAs in cyanobacteria | p. 298 |
Functions of PHAs in cyanobacteria | p. 304 |
Future prospects | p. 306 |
Acknowledgements | p. 307 |
References | p. 307 |
Pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals from microalgae | p. 313 |
Introduction | p. 313 |
Antibiotics | p. 314 |
Antiviral activity | p. 320 |
Cytotoxic, antitumour and antineoplastic metabolites | p. 320 |
Toxins | p. 328 |
Other pharmacologically active compounds | p. 330 |
Other activities | p. 334 |
Vitamins, carotenoids and fatty acids | p. 334 |
Production of biologically active substances by algal culture | p. 335 |
Culture versus 'wild' | p. 337 |
Conclusion | p. 338 |
References | p. 338 |
Physiological principles and modes of cultivation in mass production of photoautotrophic microalgae | p. 353 |
Introduction | p. 353 |
Microalgal nutrition | p. 354 |
Temperature and light: the major growth limitations outdoors | p. 357 |
Reactors for mass production of microalgae | p. 365 |
Maintenance of mass cultures | p. 378 |
Acknowledgements | p. 382 |
References | p. 383 |
Economic evaluation of microalgal processes and products | p. 387 |
Introduction | p. 387 |
The algae and algal products | p. 387 |
Economic modelling | p. 393 |
The cost of algal production--case studies | p. 401 |
Conclusions | p. 406 |
References | p. 406 |
Index | p. 410 |
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