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Microalgae & Man (Hardcover)
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Microalgae & Man (Hardcover)
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Microalgae, with representatives in all but one of the major algal
divisions, are an important component of the biota of the world's
aquatic environments. They include phytoplankton that are almost
entirely responsible for the primary production of all marine and
freshwater bodies. They occur at the base of the food chains upon
which the world's fisheries industries depend, and in the numerous
aquaculture projects upon which the world will increasingly come to
rely on a large portion of its protein requirement. Their use for
the mass production of stock feed and for direct human consumption,
already being practised in many parts of the world, is likely to
become of increasing importance in the future as is the
exploitation of their ability to serve as a source of key
metabolites in the food industry and in the synthesis of a range of
other high-value products. The mass culture of microalgae under
controlled conditions is also under consideration for its potential
to provide an alternative source of biomass and for the production
of biofuels, such as biodiesel, that does not compete for land that
can be more profitably used for the production of traditional food
crops. The potential of microalgae as a commercial source of
another energy source, hydrogen, is also under investigation with a
view to exploiting the ability of some microalgae, unique among
oxygenic photosynthetic organisms, to release hydrogen gas produced
from the photolytic splitting of water. The proven role of
microalgae in waste-water treatment and in various environmental
remediation processes as well as their potential contribution as a
vital component of carbon-capture schemes will also be described.
This book surveys our current understanding of those aspects of the
biology of microalgae which constitute the basis of the range of
practical applications now under consideration for their potential
contribution to human health and well-being. The focus is largely
on physiological and biochemical processes of microalgae as they
are currently known, with the aim of providing some of the basic
background information against which present and proposed future
developments can be assessed. Many of these developments, if they
are to be successful, will require collaboration of engineers,
process biochemists and microbiologists as well as those trained to
address economic and environmental considerations. It is hoped that
this book, will provide for such workers and for the lay person, an
overview of some of the relevant basic biology of the microalgae,
highlighting their metabolic flexibility and their vast potential
as a valuable resource that is yet to be fully realised.
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