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Algal Biotechnology
Integrated Algal Engineering for Bioenergy, Bioremediation, and Biomedical Applications

A roadmap to the production of biofuels alongside nutraceutical, biomedical and environmental processes and products through integrated algal biotechnology

Ashfaq Ahmad (Edited by), Fawzi Banat (Edited by), Hanifa AlBlooshi (Edited by)

9780323904766, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 27 April 2022

468 pages, 85 illustrations
23.5 x 19 x 2.9 cm, 0.97 kg

Algae Biotechnology: Integrated Algal Engineering for Bioenergy, Bioremediation, and Biomedical Applications covers key applications of algae for bioenergy and how to integrate the production of biofuels with environmental, nutraceutical and biomedical processes and products. The book emphasizes cost-effective biofuels production through integrated biorefinery, combining continuous processes and various algae as feedstock to produce biofuel, bioenergy and various high value biochemicals. Novel algal culturing technologies and bioprocess engineering techniques are provided for the optimization of operational approaches for commercial-scale production, as well as to reduce the overall costs. New and existing molecular methods for genetic and metabolic engineering of algae are also presented.

Furthermore, methods for the optimization of existing biochemical pathways are explained, and new pathways are introduced, in order to maximize the potential for biofuels production and related nutraceutical and biomedical co-products. This book provides an ideal roadmap for bioenergy researchers and engineers who want to incorporate valuable nutraceutical and biomedical products and environmental practices into the production of biofuels.

Part 1: Environmental Sector 1. Algal engineering for bioremediation, bioenergy production, and biomedical applications 2. Microalgae Biotechnology for Bioremediation Application 3. Bioremediation of wastewater through algae and bio-energy co-generation 4. Microalgae for bioremediation of pesticides: Overview, challenges, and future trends 5. Algae Harvesting: Application of Natural Coagulants 6. Microalgae cultivation in wastewater from agro-industries: an approach integrated for bioremediation and biomass production 7. Microalgae-based systems applied to the dual purpose of waste bioremediation and bioenergy production

Part 2: Bioenergy Sector 8. Comprehensive utilization of lipid and starch from microalgae (Chlorella vulgaris) 9. Algae: An Emerging Feedstock for Biofuels Production 10. Microalgal biofuels: A sustainable pathway for renewable energy 11. Thermal treatment kinetics of micro-algae for energy production 12. Microalgae as a feedstock: the challenges from harvest to the thermal gasification 13. Harnessing the potential of microalgal species Dunaliella: A Biofuel and Biocommodities perspective

Part 3: Biomedical Sector 14. Algae Cultivation for Biomedical Applications: Current Scenario and Future Direction 15. Biochemical Profiling, Transcriptomic Analysis, and Biotechnological Potential of Native Microalgae from the Peruvian Amazon 16. Algae in Medicine and Human Health 17.  Microalgae Biotechnology: Emerging biomedical applications 18. Low molecular weight metabolome of Synechocystis aquatilis Sauvageau, 1892 (Cyanophyceae: Merismopediaceae) and prospects for the use of its metabolites 19. Microalgae potentials as bioactive phytochemicals for human’s health: Novel highlights on their production, applications, and emerging analytical technologies 20. Microalgae-based carotenoids: an overview of biomedical applications 21. Diatomite-based nanoparticles: fabrication strategies for medical applications 

Subject Areas: Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology [THX]

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