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Title The role of photosynthetic microbes in agriculture and industry / editors, Keshawanand Tripathi, Narendra Kumar, Gerard Abraham
Published Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publisher's, Inc., [2018]
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Description 1 online resource
Series Microbiology research advances
Contents Intro; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1; An Introduction to Cyanobacteria: Diversity and Potential Applications; Abstract; Introduction; Habitat Diversity; Aquatic Cyanobacteria; Terrestrial Cyanobacteria; Cyanobacteria in Extreme Environments; Thermophilic Cyanobacteria; Psychrophilic Cyanobacteria; Halophilic Cyanobacteria; Symbiotic Cyanobacteria; Thallus Diversity in Cyanobacteria; Coccoid Cyanobacteria (Chroococcales); Filamentous, Non-Heterocystous Cyanobacteria (Oscillatoriales); Filamentous, Heterocystous Cyanobacteria (Nostocales); Potential Applications of Cyanobacteria
Food, Feed and NutraceuticalsChemicals and Pharmaceuticals; Phycobiliproteins; Biofertilizer; Conclusion; Conflict of Interest; References; Chapter 2; Lipid Derived Products from Microalgae: Downstream Processing for Industrial Application; Abstract; Introduction; Lipid Derived Products; Biodiesel; Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFA); Cultivation; Harvesting; Pretreatment; Drying; Particulate Size Reduction; Cell Disruption; Lipid Extraction Method; Chemical Methods; Folch Method; Bligh and Dyer Method; Soxhlet Extraction; Organic Solvent Extraction Method; Direct Transesterification Methods
Supercritical Carbon Dioxide (SC-CO2) ExtractionLipid Extraction from Wet Biomass Using Ethanol; Mechanical Lipid Extraction Method; Expeller Press; Bead Beating; Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction of Oil; Microwave-Assisted Heating; Emerging and Innovative Technologies for Extraction; Origin Oil Single-Step Extraction of Microalgal Lipids; Process for Extracting Lipids from Microalgae; Oil Extraction from Microalgae; Methods for Extraction of Lipids from Wet Algal Biomass; Algal Cell Lysis and Lipid Extraction Using Electromagnetic Radiation-Excitable Metallic Nanoparticles
Procedure for Extracting of Lipids from Algae without Cell SacrificeLipid Extraction from Microalgae Using a Single Ionic Liquid; Purification Process for High-Value Products (DHA and EPA); Conclusion; Conflict of Interest; References; Online References; Chapter 3; Micro-Algae as an Effective Tool for Wastewater Treatment and Management; Abstract; Introduction; Conventional Wastewater Treatment; Microalgae Based Wastewater Treatment; Facultative Waste Stabilization Ponds (Also Called Facultative Lagoons or Ponds); High Rate Algae Ponds (HRAP); Role of Microalgae in Wastewater Treatment
Removal of PathogenHeavy Metal Removal; Removal of N and/or P; Important Factors Affecting Algal Wastewater Treatment; Temperature; Light; pH; Carbon and Nutrients; Importance of Algae Based Wastewater Treatment; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Conflict of Interest; References; Chapter 4; Microalgae as a Sustainable Source of Bioenergy: Present Status and Future Prospects; Abstract; Introduction; Biodiesel; Methods for Extraction of Lipid; Conversion of Microalgal Lipidinto Biodiesel by Transesterification; Bioethanol; Biomethane
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Photosynthetic bacteria -- Research
Agricultural microbiology.
Industrial microbiology.
Industrial Microbiology
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Microbiology.
Agricultural microbiology
Industrial microbiology
Form Electronic book
Author Tripathi, Keshawanand, editor
LC no. 2018039300
ISBN 9781536140330
1536140333