Microalgae in health and disease prevention. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Ira A. Levine, Joël Fleurence.
• Editors: Levine, Ira A; Fleurence, Joël, 1960-
• Contents: Front Cover; Microalgae in Health and Disease Prevention; Microalgae in Health and Disease Prevention; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Contributors; About the Editors; 1 -- Algae: A Way of Life and Health; REFERENCES; 2 -- Society and Microalgae: Understanding the Past and Present; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. EMERGENCE OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS, MICROALGAE, PLANTS, AND HUMANS; 3. ALGAE IN HUMAN NUTRITION; 3.1 Macroalgae (Seaweeds); 3.2 Microalgae and Cyanobacteria; 3.3 Microalgae and Aquaculture; 4. MICROALGAE BIOFERTILIZERS AND INOCULANTS FOR CROP PRODUCTION 5. POTENTIAL FOR RENEWABLE ALGAL BIOFUELS AND INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS6. CARBON SEQUESTRATION BY MICROALGAE, ITS REVERSAL, AND THE FOSSIL-FUEL DRIVEN ECONOMY; 7. NUTRIENT REMOVAL FROM WASTEWATERS; 8. HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS AND SOCIETAL IMPACT; 9. EMERGING PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES; 10. CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; 3 -- Biology of Microalgae; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. HABITATS AND GROWTH FORMS; 3. PLASTIDS AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE ALGAE; 4. CELL COVERINGS; 5. NUTRITION; 6. SELECTED TAXA AND SPECIES OF PARTICULAR INTEREST; 6.1 The Blue-Green Algae (Cyanobacteria) 6.1.1 Arthrospira platensis (Cyanobacteria, Cyanophyceae, Microcoleaceae)6.1.2 Nostoc (Cyanobacteria, Cyanophyceae, Nostocaceae); 6.1.3 Microcystis (Cyanobacteria, Cyanophyceae, Chroococcales); 6.2 Euglenophyta; 6.2.1 Euglena (Euglenophyta [Euglenozoa], Euglenophyceae, Euglenaceae); 6.3 Haptophyta; 6.3.1 Emiliania huxleyi (Haptophyta, Coccolithophyceae, Isochrysidales); 6.4 Dinoflagellates (Dinophyceae); 6.4.1 Gymnodinium (Mizozoa, Dinophyceae, Gymnodiniaceae); 6.5 The Diatoms (Bacillariophyceae); 6.5.1 Phaeodactylum (Bacillariophyta, Phaeodactylaceae); 6.6 Eustigmatophyceae 6.6.1 Nannochloropsis (Ochrophyta, Eustigmatophyceae, Monodopsidaceae)6.7 The Red Algae (Rhodophyta); 6.7.1 Porphyridium (Rhodophyta, Porphyridiophyceae, Porphyridiaceae); 6.8 The Green Algae (Chlorophyta/Charophyta); 6.8.1 Chlorella (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorellales); 6.8.2 Chlamydomonas (Chlorophyta, Chlorophyceae, Chlamydomonadaceae); 6.8.3 Dunaliella (Chlorophyta, Chlorophyceae, Dunaliellaceae); 6.8.4 Haematococcus pluvialis (Chlorophyta, Chlorophyceae, Haematococcaceae); 6.8.5 Botryococcus braunii (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae, Botrycoccaceae) 6.8.6 Tetraselmis spp. (Chlorophyta, Chlorodendrophyceae, Chlorodendraceae)7. MICROALGAE AS ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; 8. ALGAL BLOOMS AND HARMFUL ALGAE; 9. CHEMICALLY MEDIATED INTERACTIONS AND ALLELOPATHY; 10. SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; 4 -- Microalgal Systematics; 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1 Brief History on the Tree of Life; 1.2 How Are the Algae Distributed in the Tree of Life?; 2. THE ALGAE; 2.1 Cyanophyta; 2.2 Algae With Simple Plastids: The Archaeplastida; 2.2.1 Glaucophyta (Skuja, 1948); 2.2.1.1 Glaucophyceae (Bolin, 1901); 2.2.2 Chlorophyta (Reichenbach, 1834)
• Publisher Details: London : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 579.8; Microalgae -- Biotechnology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Microbiology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128114063; 0128114061
• Related ISBNs: 9780128114056
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 5, 2018)
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