Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 Classification of Algae: An Overview
(Nagaraj Subramani)
Chapter 2 Interactions between Algae and Bacteria: Ecology and Evolution
(Karuppasamy Kattusamy and Nagaraj Subramani)
Chapter 3 Collection, Isolation, and Purification of Microalgae
and Cyanobacteria
(Sreekala Kannikulathel Gopidas and Nagaraj Subramani)
Chapter 4 Photosynthesis in Algae
(Gour Gopal Satpati and Ruma Pal)
Chapter 5 Secondary Metabolites of Microalgae
(C. K. Madhubalaji, P. Ajana, V. S. Chauhan and R. Sarada)
Chapter 6 Lipids Biosynthesis in Microalgae
(Anila Narayanan, K. A. Wafha and Shibin Mohanan)
Chapter 7 Strategies for Lipid Enhancement in Microalgae
(B. Vanavil, B. S. Sujitha and Muthu Arumugam)
Chapter 8 Genetic Transformation and Metabolic Engineering in Algae 163
(Shanmugam Kathiresan and M. Ram Kumar)
Chapter 9 Scale Up Methods Microalgae Cultures
(Andreas Isdepsky)
Chapter 10 Harvesting of Microalgae and Downstream Processing
(Raghu K. Moorthy and Muthu Arumugam)
Chapter 11 Commercial Applications of Algae in the Field of Biotechnology
(Jyothi Kaparapu and Mohan Narasimha Rao Geddada)
Chapter 12 Nutraceuticals and Therapeutic Applications of Algae
(Aswathy Udayan, B. Jeyakumar, Shanmugam Kathiresan
and Muthu Arumugam)
Chapter 13 Microalgae and Cyanobacteria:
Role and Applications in Agriculture
(Geetha Thanuja Kalyanasundaram, Anupriya Ramasamy,
Suchitra Rakesh and Subburamu Karthikeyan)
Chapter 14 Biofuels and Hydrocarbons from Algae
(Elamathi Vimali, Mohan Kumar Verma,
Balasubramaniem Ashokkumar and Perumal Varalakshmi)
Chapter 15 Biofilm of Cyanobacteria: Environmental Applications
(Shailen Bhakat, Sikha Mandal and Jnanendra Rath)
Chapter 16 Algae: CO2 Sequestration and Biorefinery
(Jibu Thomas and Pandian Sureshkumar)
Chapter 17 Phycoremediation of Wastewater
(P. Dutta, S. Bhakta and A. K. Bastia)
Chapter 18 Cyanobacteria Mediated Remediation of Estrone:
An Emerging Pollutant Present in Aquatic Bodies
(Neha Sami and Tasneem Fatma)
Chapter 19 Microalgal Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles:
Current Status and Future Prospects
(Nida Asif, Md Nafe Aziz and Tasneem Fatma)
About the Editors
Contributors
Index
