Novel Biotechnology of Microalgae
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Biotechnology Related to Drug Discovery or Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 14273
Special Issue Editor
Interests: microalgae; photobioreactors; polysaccharides; pigments; biorefinery; bioprocesses; biological activities
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Dear Colleagues,
Microalgae represent a large taxonomic diversity making them very attractive to produce valuable and diverse biomolecules (such as pigments, proteins, enzymes, biofuels, polyunsaturated fatty acids and hydrocolloids). As a consequence, literature describing biological activities and potential applications in health or cosmetic fields are increasing. Despite this, the development and commercialization of these metabolites are still early and only niche markets are currently available for microalgae products. Their low usage may be easily explained by the costs involved in microalgae production, linked to the photoproduction, the harvest of microalgae in diluted media, the recycling of culture media and the difficulty to refine this biomass. However, apart from these bioprocesses constraints, some improvements can also be done at the cellular level, as some of the metabolic pathways remain to resolve. The aim of this Special Issue is then to provide recent reviews and original research articles highlighting the dynamism of the research in the field of microalgae biotechnology for biomolecules production. This includes (but is not limited to) screening and characterization of microalgae strains, factors affecting molecules production, biological activities, molecules characterization, structure-functions relationship, metabolic pathways, etc
Prof. Dr. Celine Laroche
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- microalgae
- molecules
- biological activity
- metabolic pathway
- microalgae culture
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