1st Edition
Spirulina Platensis Arthrospira Physiology, Cell-Biology And Biotechnology
Edited By Avigad Vonshak
Copyright 1997
252 Pages
by
CRC Press
252 Pages
by
CRC Press
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This text contains detailed descriptions of both the biology and the biotechnological uses of Spirulina Platensis, a blue-green algae (cyanobacteria), which has been recognized and used worldwide as a traditional source of protein in the food industry. Recently the uses and mass cultivation of this valuable alga have risen substantially due to an increased understanding of its biological systems.... Read more
Morphology, ultrastructure and taxonomy of Arthrospira Spirulina Maxima and Arthrospira Spirulina Platensis; the photosynthetic apparatus of Spirulina - electron transport and energy transfer; Spirulina - growth, physiology and biochemistry; genetics of Spirulina; outdoors mass production of Spirulina - the basic concept; tubular bioreactors; cultivation of Spirulina Arthrospira outdoors - the Earthrise farms experience; mass cultivation and wastewater treatment using Spirulina; the
Biography
Avigad Vonshak is an associate professor at the Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
