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A practical approach ellis horwood books in the biological sciences 1st edition. Biotechnology for biodiesel fuel and bioengineering approaches. Algal biotechnology algae are very primitive aquatic plants of kingdom plantae. Professor guocheng du works in school of biotechnology, jiangnan university, china. There is coverage of conventional and airlift bioreactor design, instrumentation, control and simulation of bioreactor runs, bioreactors for plant and animal culture and a descriptions of experiments. A great effort will be required to implement the important questions posed above, but also to create a number of dedicated academic and industrial actors able to meet the emerging challenges of the microalgaebased industry and. The book adopts a practical approach, showing related case studies with original research data. Topics covered include, molecular engineering of nucleic acids and proteins.
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Applications of biotechnology in traditional fermented foods. The construction of bio reactors must take in to ac count the. Due to the large worldwide demand for clean and sustainable technologies, microalgae biotechnology has been growing very much in recent decades and it will be very important for various areas of industry. Na description this note covers the following topics. Current issue journal of microbiology, biotechnology and. Biodiesel production by microalgal biotechnology guanhua huanga, feng chenb,c, dong weic, xuewu zhangc, gu chenc a school of chemical engineering and technology, china university of mining and technology, china bschool of biological sciences, the university of.
Biodiesel has received much attention in recent years. Biodiesel production by microalgal biotechnology sciencedirect. Biochemical engineering and biotechnology demonstrates the application of biological sciences in engineering with theoretical and practical aspects to enhance understanding of knowledge in this field. Numerous studies highlight the advantages of disposable bioreactors and reveal their potential for simple, safe and fast seed inoculum production, process devel ment and small as well as middle volume production e. Algae biotechnology a brief history and the state of the art. He is the distinguished professor of changjiang scholars, ministry of education, china. Biotechnology is the utilization of a biological process, be it via microbial, plant or animal cells, or their constituents, to provide goods and services 11. Environmental biotechnology in the handbook of environmental engineering series presents the theories and principles of various environmental biotechnologies.
Sharif hossain published by lap lambert academic publishing jan 2012 2012. Sc environmental biotechnology environmental chemistry 3 credits unit i concept and scope of environmental chemistry definition and explanation for various terms, segments of the environment. Then, to further complicate things, we are witnessing a new and valid definition of environmental biotechnology from the halls of the industrial and environmental division of the biotechnology industrial organization. Environmental biotechnology was conceived after scanning the available literature in the area, which indicated that references in the subject are scanty and highly sporadic. Innovative processes and products have been introduced in microalgal biotechnology to produce vitamins, proteins, cosmetics, health foods and animal feed. Bioenergy and bioprocess from algae, waste cooking oil and fish byproducts a. Algal classification is based on type of photosynthetic pigment present.