"Alginates: Biology and Applications" provides an overview of the state of art of alginate material properties, genetics and the molecular mechanisms underlying alginate biosynthesis as well as applications of tailor-made alginates in medicine, food and biotechnology.

Topics treated are: material properties of alginates, alginate production: precursor biosynthesis, polymerization and secretion, bacterial system for alginate uptake and degradation, enzymatic alginate modification, alginate gene regulation, role of alginate in bacterial biofilms, microbial production of alginates: physiology and process aspects, alginate-based blends and nano/microbeads, applications of alginates in food, alginate and its comonomer mannuronic acid: medical relevance as drugs.

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Book Title: Alginates: Biology and Applications
Editors: Bernd H. A. Rehm
Series Title: Microbiology Monographs
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92679-5
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-92678-8Published: 17 June 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-10081-9Published: 28 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-92679-5Published: 28 May 2009
Series ISSN: 1862-5576
Series E-ISSN: 1862-5584
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 266
Number of Illustrations: 88 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Microbiology, Bacteriology, Applied Microbiology, Cell Biology, Eukaryotic Microbiology, Food Science

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