Marine algae: A source of biomass for biotechnological applications

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1308, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-37

  Stengel, Dagmar B ^a   Connan, Solène ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Algal biomass; Biotechnology; Commercial applications; Cultivation; Diversity; Genetic improvement; Natural products

Indexed keywords

ALGAL EXTRACT; ALGINIC ACID; AMINO ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ASTAXANTHIN; BETA CAROTENE; CANTHAXANTHIN; CARBOHYDRATE; CARRAGEENAN; COSMETIC; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; FUCOXANTHIN; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LAMINARAN; MINERAL; NATURAL PRODUCT; NUTRACEUTICAL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHYCOBILIPROTEIN; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; SQUALENE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITAMIN; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT;

ALGA; ALGAL GROWTH; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BROWN ALGA; CARBON SOURCE; CONSUMER; CYANOBACTERIUM; DOMESTICATION; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD; GENOMICS; HARVESTING; HEALTH; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; LIGHT; MACROALGA; MARINE ALGAE; MARINE SPECIES; METABOLOMICS; MICROALGA; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SEAWEED; SPECIES CULTIVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRUG INDUSTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DRUG INDUSTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROALGAE; SEAWEED; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 84933504193     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2684-8_1     Document Type: Article

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