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In this book, researchers and practitioners working in the field present the major promises of algae biotechnology and they critically discuss the challenges arising from applications. Based on this assessment, the authors explore the great scientific, industrial and economic potential opened up by algae biotechnology. The first part of the book presents recent developments in key enabling technologies, which are the driving force to unleash the enormous potential of algae biotechnology. The second part of the book focuses on how practical applications of algae biotechnology may provide new solutions to some of the grand challenges of the 21st century. Algae offer great potential to support the building of a bio-based economy and they can contribute new solutions to some of the grand challenges of the 21st century. Despite significant progress, algae biotechnology is yet far from fulfilling its potential. How to unleash this enormous potential is the challenge that the own field is facing. New cultivation technologies and bioprocess engineering allow for optimization of the operation strategy of state-of the art industrial-scale production systems and they reduce the production costs. Parallel to this, new molecular technologies for genetic and metabolic engineering of (micro)algae develop quickly. The optimization of existing biochemical pathways or the introduction of pathway components makes high-yield production of specific metabolites possible. Novel screening technologies including high-throughput technologies enables testing of extremely large numbers of samples and, thus, allow for large scale modelling of biomolecular processes, which would have not been possible in the past. Moreover, profitable production can demand for integrated biorefining, which combines consecutive processes and various feedstocks to produce both transportation fuel, electric energy and valuable chemicals.

Microbial genetics. --- Microbial genomics. --- Microbiology. --- Microbial Genetics and Genomics. --- Applied Microbiology. --- Eukaryotic Microbiology. --- Microbial biology --- Biology --- Microorganisms --- Genomics --- Microbial genetics --- Genetics --- Microbiology --- Algae --- Algae products. --- Biotechnology. --- Algal products --- Plant products --- Algues --- Biotecnologia vegetal --- Biotecnologia dels conreus --- Biotecnologia de les plantes --- Biotecnologia agrícola --- Enginyeria genètica vegetal --- Obtencions vegetals (Dret) --- Criptògames --- Fitoplàncton --- Algues d'aigua dolça --- Algues fòssils --- Algues marines --- Algues tòxiques --- Caròfits --- Cianobacteris --- Cloròfits --- Crisòfits --- Cromòfits --- Diatomees --- Dinoflagel·lades --- Euglenòfits --- Feofícies --- Microalgues --- Primnesiòfits --- Rodòfits --- Ficologia

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Algae, including cyanobacteria, are in the spotlight today for a number of reasons; firstly it has become abundantly clear over recent years that algae have been neglected in terms of basic research and that knowledge gap is being rapidly closed with the establishment of some surprising discoveries, such as the presence of Near-Infra-Red-Absorbing cyanobacteria and a wealth of natural products; secondly molecular approaches have provided a wealth of approaches to genetically modify algae and produce value-added products; thirdly it has become clear just how important, marine phytoplankton is to global carbon capture and the production of food globally; and fourthly, it has also become clear that algae present unparalleled opportunities to generate biofuels in a sustainable and non-polluting way. This volume presents 15 chapters by world experts on their subjects, ranging from reviews of algal diversity and genetics to in-depth reviews of special algal groups such as diatoms (which account for over 30% of marine carbon capture). Other chapters chart the ways in which this carbon capture occurs or how there are a multiplicity of ways in which algae intercept sun light and deploy this energy for carbon capture. A fascinating aspect here is the way in which sun light is harvested. A special chapter is devoted to the very recent and exciting possibility that algae use coherent light energy transformation to enhance the efficiency of light capture, an aspect of quantum physics that has implications for future developments at several levels and a variety of industries. Just how and why algae use Chlorophyll a as the major light capture pigment is discussed in several chapters. However, attention is also given to those cyanobacteria, which have been found to use the special Near-Infra Red absorbing chlorophylls mentioned above. And attention is also given to those algae that employ phycobiliproteins to fill in the “green window”, i.e., the spectral region from 400 – 650 nm, which is not efficiently covered by chlorophyll and carotenoid pigments. Photoinhibition and photoprotection is the subject area of several chapters and one which it is essential to understand a we work towards greater efficiency of algal photosynthesis. A final chapter is devoted to understanding the molecular basis for coral bleaching, a much-neglected area that is essential in trying to come up with solutions to this very worrying phenomenon, caused by global warming and ocean acidification. This is a book for research scientists, environmentalists, planners in a range of areas including those of marine resources, nutrient control and pollution of water bodies and that growing body of concerned citizens interested in controlling carbon emissions and global warming. Special attention has been given to generating a set of articles that will be read by university students, informed laymen and all those whose wish to understand the rapid changes that have come about in our knowledge of algae over the past decade.

Algae --- Photosynthesis. --- Aquatic biology. --- Physiology. --- Photobiology --- Plants --- Gases from plants --- Hydrobiology --- Water biology --- Aquatic sciences --- Biology --- Effect of light on --- Photorespiration --- Plant biochemistry. --- Plant Biochemistry. --- Phytochemistry --- Plant biochemistry --- Plant chemistry --- Biochemistry --- Botany --- Phytochemicals --- Plant biochemical genetics --- Algues --- Fitoquímica --- Criptògames --- Fitoplàncton --- Algues d'aigua dolça --- Algues fòssils --- Algues marines --- Algues tòxiques --- Caròfits --- Cianobacteris --- Cloròfits --- Crisòfits --- Cromòfits --- Diatomees --- Dinoflagel·lades --- Euglenòfits --- Feofícies --- Microalgues --- Primnesiòfits --- Rodòfits --- Ficologia --- Bioquímica de les plantes --- Bioquímica vegetal --- Botànica química --- Química botànica --- Química de les plantes --- Química vegetal --- Bioquímica --- Hormones vegetals --- Pigments vegetals --- Proteïnes vegetals --- Biologia molecular vegetal