Algae are some of the fastest growing organisms in the world,
with up to 90% of their weight made up from carbohydrate, protein
and oil. As well as these macromolecules, microalgae are also rich
in other high-value compounds, such as vitamins, pigments, and
biologically active compounds, All these compounds can be extracted
for use by the cosmetics, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and food
industries, and the algae itself can be used for feeding of
livestock, in particular fish, where on-going research is dedicated
to increasing the percentage of fish and shellfish feed not derived
from fish meal. Microalgae are also applied to wastewater
bioremediation and carbon capture from industrial flue gases, and
can be used as organic fertilizer.
So far, only a few species of microalgae, including
cyanobacteria, are under mass cultivation. The potential for
expansion is enormous, considering the existing hundreds of
thousands of species and subspecies, in which a large gene-pool
offers a significant potential for many new producers.
Completely revised, updated and expanded, and with the inclusion
of new Editor, Qiang Hu of Arizona State University, the second
edition of this extremely important book contains 37 chapters.
Nineteen of these chapters are written by new authors, introducing
many advanced and emerging technologies and applications such as
novel photobioreactors, mass cultivation of oil-bearing microalgae
for biofuels, exploration of naturally occurring and genetically
engineered microalgae as cell factories for high-value chemicals,
and techno-economic analysis of microalgal mass culture. This
excellent new edition also contains details of the biology and
large-scale culture of several economically important and
newly-exploited microalgae, including "Botryococcus,"
"Chlamydomonas, Nannochloropsis," "Nostoc," "Chlorella, Spirulina,
" "Haematococcus," and "Dunaniella" species/strains.
Edited by Amos Richmond and Qiang Hu, each with a huge wealth of
experience in microalgae, its culture, and biotechnology, and
drawing together contributions from experts around the globe, this
thorough and comprehensive new edition is an essential purchase for
all those involved with microalgae, their culture, processing and
use. Biotechnologists, bioengineers, phycologists, pharmaceutical,
biofuel and fish-feed industry personnel and biological scientists
and students will all find a vast amount of cutting-edge
information within this Second Edition. Libraries in all
universities where biological sciences, biotechnology and
aquaculture are studied and taught should all have copies of this
landmark new edition on their shelves.
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