Prospects and Challenges in Algal Biotechnology
This contributed volume presents the latest research and state-of-the-art approaches in the study of microalgae. It describes in detail technologies for the cultivation of marine, freshwater and extremophilic algae, as well as phototrophic biofilms, cyano
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rospects and Challenges in Algal Biotechnology
Prospects and Challenges in Algal Biotechnology
Bhumi Nath Tripathi ⋅ Dhananjay Kumar Editors
Prospects and Challenges in Algal Biotechnology
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Editors Bhumi Nath Tripathi Indira Gandhi National Tribal University Amarkantak India
Dhananjay Kumar Department of Botany, School of Life Sciences H.N.B. Garhwal University Srinagar-Garhwal, Uttarakhand India
ISBN 978-981-10-1949-4 ISBN 978-981-10-1950-0 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1950-0
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Dedicated to our teacher Professor J.P. Gaur
Preface
The last two decades have witnessed a great surge in the research on algal biotechnology. Significant advances have been made in areas relating to the use of microalgae in biofuel production, carbon dioxide sequestration, and environmental bioremediation. The culture of microalgae in photobioreactors, harvesting of algal biomass, mixotrophic growth including carbon recovery, and environmental remediation using microalgae, phototrophic biofilms, and mats are the major areas in which a good deal of information has been generated. The enormous potential of algae as the source of food, nutraceuticals, and pharmaceuticals has also been recognized. The present volume endeavors to present a critical account of some of the above-mentioned aspects of algal biotechnology. The book is organized into 12 chapters. The first two chapters comprise the modeling and event-based control systems for the culturing of microalgae in industrial photobioreacto
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