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Algae in Biotechnological Processes

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Algae Biomass: Characteristics and Applications

Part of the book series: Developments in Applied Phycology ((DAPH,volume 8))

Abstract

As photoautotrophic organisms, algae possess all of the valuable features that determine their role as the primary producers in the biosphere. A wide range of tolerance based on their extremely efficient adaptation to biochemical processes, as well as the specific cellular structure of these organisms, when correlated with the ecological plasticity of microalgae in particular, predispose these biota to growing and developing under either laboratory or industrial conditions. Hence, the natural features of algae have opened wide the door for the multidirectional biotechnological use of these organisms, with a dynamically growing number of such applications fully supporting this thesis. Among the variety of examples, however, there are two main areas of activity that involve algae in biotechnological processes. The first has arisen historically out of the long tradition of the use of biomass of algae or algal isolates as a source of substances with qualities of interest. The second area is based on the impressive biochemical machinery of algae that are able to produce, de novo, a huge number of organic compounds, as well as transform all of them. This approach allows for the use of algae as effective biocatalysts. This chapter is composed of four short stories, two of which illustrate algae as a source of select valuable chemicals (phycobiliproteins, polyphenols) and the other two of which are dedicated to the biocatalytical abilities of those organisms to protect ecosystems against organic pollutants and transition metal ions.

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Niemczyk, E., Żyszka-Haberecht, B., Drzyzga, D., Lenartowicz, M., Lipok, J. (2018). Algae in Biotechnological Processes. In: Chojnacka, K., Wieczorek, P., Schroeder, G., Michalak, I. (eds) Algae Biomass: Characteristics and Applications. Developments in Applied Phycology, vol 8. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74703-3_4

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