Chemical From Microalgae

One of the biggest global challenges of the twentieth century is to sustainably supply a growing world population with food, raw materials, and energy in times of climate change. In doing so, biomass plays an important role, as the plants, with the help of sunlight and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, can produce all these components sustainably and without consuming fossil energy sources. This photosynthesis-based capacity of plants, hence, is the cornerstone of the current bioeconomy concept. However, there are clear limits: The available and even decreasing agricultural area and the yield per unit area that can hardly be increased any further.

Applied Environmental Biotechnology: Present Scenario and Future Trends is designed to serve as a reference book for students and researchers working in the area of applied environmental science. It presents various applications of environmental studies that involve the use of living organisms, bioprocesses engineering technology, and other fields in solving environmental problems like waste and waste waters. It includes not only the pure biological sciences such as genetics, microbiology, biochemistry and chemistry but also from outside the sphere of biology such as chemical engineering, bioprocess engineering, information technology, and biophysics.

This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of the art of biomass utilization in agriculture and pharmaceuticals. The information contained herein is useful to researchers and other readers interested in biomass utilization and production of bioproducts.