Overview
- Covers the science and technology of pigment production using microalgae-based processes
- Includes biology, chemistry, biochemistry, analysis and engineering aspects, plus applications
- With a global authorship, the first handbook on this subject written in the last decade
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Table of contents (26 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
The book offers a valuable source of information for industrial researchers and practitioners in industrial biotechnology, as it covers various engineering aspects of microalgal pigment production, such as bioreactors and bioprocesses, industrial extraction processes, and the bioeconomy of production including life-cycle assessment. The book will also be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students of biochemistry, food chemistry, and industrial microbiology.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Prof. Maria Isabel Queiroz is a formerly Full Professor at the School of Chemistry and Food, Federal University of Rio Grande, Brazil. She hasmore than 500 publications/communications to her credit, including 10 books, 10 book chapters, over 100 original research papers, and 350 research communications for national and international conferences. Her main research interest is in microalgal biotechnology with an emphasis on bioprocesses.
Prof. Leila Queiroz Zepka is currently an Associate professor at the Department of Food Technology and Science, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM). She has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience. She has published more than 450 scientific publications/communications, which include 10 books, 40 book chapters, 90 original research papers, 350 research communications in national and international conferences, and 12 patents. She is a member of the editorial board of 5 journals and acts as a reviewer for several national and international journals. Her main research interest is in microalgal biotechnology with an emphasis on biomolecules and naturalpigments.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pigments from Microalgae Handbook
Editors: Eduardo Jacob-Lopes, Maria Isabel Queiroz, Leila Queiroz Zepka
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50971-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-50970-5Published: 09 August 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-50973-6Published: 10 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-50971-2Published: 08 August 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 653
Number of Illustrations: 51 b/w illustrations, 35 illustrations in colour
Topics: Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology, Applied Microbiology, Industrial and Production Engineering, Organic Chemistry