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Alginates: Biology and Applications provides an overview of the state of art of alginate material properties, genetics and the molecular mechanisms underlying alginate biosynthesis as well as applications of tailor-made alginates in medicine, food and biotechnology. Topics treated are: material properties of alginates alginate production: precursor biosynthesis, polymerization and secretion bacterial system for alginate uptake and degradation enzymatic alginate modification alginate gene regulation role of alginate in bacterial biofilms microbial production of alginates: physiology and process aspects alginate-based blends and nano/microbeads applications of alginates in food alginate and its comonomer mannuronic acid: medical relevance as drugs.

Alginates. --- Alginates --- Biochemical Processes --- Polysaccharides --- Metabolic Networks and Pathways --- Chemical Processes --- Carbohydrates --- Metabolism --- Biochemical Phenomena --- Chemical Phenomena --- Chemicals and Drugs --- Metabolic Phenomena --- Phenomena and Processes --- Biosynthetic Pathways --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Microbiology & Immunology --- Biology. --- Life sciences. --- Microbiology. --- Food --- Cell biology. --- Bacteriology. --- Life Sciences. --- Applied Microbiology. --- Cell Biology. --- Eukaryotic Microbiology. --- Food Science. --- Biotechnology. --- Life sciences --- Biomass --- Life (Biology) --- Natural history --- Microbial polysaccharides

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This book presents a comprehensive review of the latest advances in developing alginate-based biomaterials and derivatives as well as their biomedical and pharmaceutical applications. It covers the physiochemical properties of alginates, production and formulation methods, derivatizations and characterization methods, the fundamental work on optimizing alginate polymers for defined biomedical purposes as well as the scope and effectiveness of their applications in medicine and therapeutic approaches. The book brings together new concepts and advances in harnessing alginate-based biomaterials in combination with applied technological advances to tailor their applications to medical needs. The contributions by leading academics, clinicians and researchers not only cover the fundamentals, but also open new avenues for meeting future challenges in research and clinical applications.

Materials science. --- Biotechnology. --- Biomedical engineering. --- Biomaterials. --- Nanotechnology. --- Materials Science. --- Biomedical Engineering. --- Molecular technology --- Nanoscale technology --- High technology --- Biocompatible materials --- Biomaterials --- Medical materials --- Medicine --- Biomedical engineering --- Materials --- Biocompatibility --- Prosthesis --- Clinical engineering --- Medical engineering --- Bioengineering --- Biophysics --- Engineering --- Chemical engineering --- Genetic engineering --- Material science --- Physical sciences --- Alginates. --- Microbial polysaccharides --- Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering. --- Bioartificial materials --- Hemocompatible materials --- Biomaterials (Biomedical materials)

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Industrial microbiology. --- Genetic engineering. --- Biotechnology. --- Chemical engineering --- Genetic engineering --- Designed genetic change --- Engineering, Genetic --- Gene splicing --- Genetic intervention --- Genetic surgery --- Genetic recombination --- Biotechnology --- Transgenic organisms --- Microbiology --- Microorganisms --- Industrial applications --- Microbiologia industrial

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This edited volume emphasizes how microorganisms have become a reliable pillar of biotechnology. The authors discuss advances in synthetic biology and genetic engineering that have made it possible to reprogram the microbial cellular capabilities. This enables an economically viable production of high-value products at an industrial level. The first part of the book provides an overview of synthetic biology and genome editing tools for engineering microbial cell factories in modern fermentation. Readers also learn how high-throughput bioprocessing methods are used to recover and purify microbial products. The remaining parts of this book explore the implementation and challenges of these upstream and downstream processing techniques for manufacturing high-value products. Cost-effectiveness and quality-control are key factors, when discussing the production of low-molecular-weight products, biopharmaceuticals, biopolymers and protein-based nanoparticles. This book is a valuable resource for biotechnologists both in the industry and in academia.

General microbiology --- Biotechnology --- microbiologie --- biotechnologie