Handbook of Microalgal Culture Biotechnology and Applied Phycology

by Richmond, Amos

• ISBN13: 9780632059539
• ISBN10: 0632059532
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-01-05
• Publisher: Iowa State Pr

Summary

Handbook of Microalgal Culture is truly a landmark publication, drawing on some 50 years of worldwide experience in microalgal mass culture. This important book comprises comprehensive reviews of the current available information on microalgal culture, written by 40 contributing authors from around the globe.The book is divided into four parts, with Part I detailing biological and environmental aspects of microalgae with reference to microalgal biotechnology and Part II looking in depth at major theories and techniques of mass cultivation. Part III comprises chapters on the economic applications of microalgae, including coverage of industrial production, the use of microalgae in human and animal nutrition and in aquaculture, in nitrogen fixation, hydrogen and methane production, and in bioremediation of polluted water. Finally, Part IV looks at new frontiers and includes chapters on genetic engineering, microalgae as platforms for recombinant proteins, bioactive chemicals, heterotrophic production, microalgae as gene-delivery systems for expressing mosquitocidal toxins and the enhancement of marine productivity for climate stabilization and food security.Handbook of Microalgal Culture is an essential purchase for all phycologists and also those researching aquatic systems, aquaculture and plant sciences. There is also much of great use to researchers and those involved in product formulation within pharmaceutical, nutrition and food companies. Libraries in all universities and research establishments teaching and researching in chemistry, biological and pharmaceutical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, and aquaculture will need copies of this book on their shelves.Amos Richmond is at the Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.

Author Biography

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

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	ix
Preface	xiii
Acknowledgments	xviii
Part I The Microalgae: With Reference to Mass-Cultivation	1	(94)
The Microalgal Cell	3	(17)
Luisa Tomaselli
Photosynthesis in Microalgae	20	(20)
Jiri Masojidek
Michal Koblizek
Giuseppe Torzillo
Basic Culturing Techniques	40	(17)
Yuan-Kun Lee
Hui Shen
Environmental Stress Physiology	57	(26)
Avigad Vonshak
Giuseppe Torzillo
Environmental Effects on Cell Composition	83	(12)
Qiang Hu
Part II Mass Cultivation of Microalgae	95	(158)
Algal Nutrition	97	(19)
Mineral Nutrition
Johan U. Grobbelaar
Algal Nutrition	116	(9)
Heterotrophic Carbon Nutrition
Yuan-Kun Lee
Biological Principles of Mass Cultivation	125	(53)
Amos Richmond
Mass Production of Microalgae: Photobioreactors	178	(37)
Mario R. Tredici
Downstream Processing of Cell-mass and Products	215	(38)
E. Molina Grima
F.G. Acien Fernandez
A. Robles Medina
Part III Economic Applications of Microalgae	253	(202)
Industrial Production of Microalgal Cell-mass and Secondary Products - Major Industrial Species	255	(9)
Chlorella
Hiroaki Iwamoto
Industrial Production of Microalgal Cell-mass and Secondary Products - Major Industrial Species	264	(9)
Arthrospira (Spirulina) platensis
Qiang Hu
Industrial Production of Microalgal Cell-mass and Secondary Products - Major Industrial Species	273	(8)
Dunaliella
Ami Ben-Amotz
Industrial Production of Microalgal Cell-mass and Secondary Products - Species of High Potential	281	(8)
Haematococcus
G.R. Cysewski
R. Todd Lorenz
Industrial Production of Microalgal Cell-mass and Secondary Products - Species of High Potential	289	(9)
Porphyridium sp.
Shoshana Arad
Amos Richmond
Industrial Production of Microalgal Cell-mass and Secondary Products - Species of High Potential	298	(6)
Mass Cultivation of Nannochloropsis in Closed Systems
Graziella Chini Zittelli
Liliana Rodolfi
Mario R. Tredici
Industrial Production of Microalgal Cell-mass and Secondary Products - Species of High Potential	304	(8)
Nostoc
Han Danxiang
Bi Yonghong
Hu Zhengyu
Microalgae in Human and Animal Nutrition	312	(40)
Wolfgang Becker
Microalgae for Aquaculture	352	(13)
The Current Global Situation and Future Trends
Arnaud Muller-Feuga
Microalgae for Aquaculture	365	(15)
Microalgae Production for Aquaculture
Oded Zmora
Amos Richmond
Microalgae for Aquaculture	380	(12)
The Nutritional Value of Microalgae for Aquaculture
Wolfgang Becker
N2-fixing Cyanobacteria as Biofertilizers in Rice Fields	392	(11)
Pierre Roger
Hydrogen and Methane Production by Microalgae	403	(14)
John R. Benemann
Water Pollution and Bioremediation by Microalgae	417	(13)
Eutrophication and Water Poisoning
Susan Blackburn
Water Pollution and Bioremediation by Microalgae	430	(9)
Water Purification: Algae in Wasterwater Oxidation Ponds
Aharon Abeliovich
Water Pollution and Bioremediation by Microalgae	439	(9)
Absorption and Adsorption of Heavy Metals by Microalgae
Drora Kaplan
Water Pollution and Bioremediation by Microalgae	448	(7)
Impacts of Microalgae on the Quality of Drinking Water
Carl J. Soeder
Part IV New Frontiers	455	(90)
Targeted Genetic Modification of Cyanobacteria:	457	(14)
New Biotechnological Applications
Wim F.J. Vermaas
Microalgae as Platforms for Recombinant Proteins	471	(14)
Qingfang He
Bioactive Chemicals in Microalgae	485	(28)
Olav M. Skulberg
Heterotrophic Production of Marine Algae for Aquaculture	513	(12)
Moti Harel
Allen R. Place
N2-fixing Cyanobacteria as a Gene Delivery System for Expressing Mosquitocidal Toxins of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis	525	(9)
Sammy Boussiba
Arieh Zaritsky
The Enhancement of Marine Productivity for Climate Stabilization and Food Security	534	(11)
Ian S.F. Jones
Index	545