Handbook of Marine Microalgae

Professor Se-Kwon Kim, PhD, currently serves as a senior professor in the Department of Chemistry and the director of the Marine Bioprocess Research Center (MBPRC) at Pukyong National University in the Republic of Korea. He received his BSc, MSc, and PhD from the Pukyong National University and joined as a faculty member. He has previously served as a scientist in the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (1988-1989), and was a visiting scientist at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada (1999-2000).Professor Se-Kwon Kim was the first president of the Korean Society of Chitin and Chitosan (1986-1990) and the Korean Society of Marine Biotechnology (2006-2007). He was also the chairman for the 7th Asia-Pacific Chitin and Chitosan Symposium, which was held in South Korea in 2006. He is one of the board members of the International Society of Marine Biotechnology and the International Society for Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods. Moreover, he was the editor in chief of the Korean Journal of Life Sciences (1995-1997), the Korean Journal of Fisheries Science and Technology (2006-2007), and the Korean Journal of Marine Bioscience and Biotechnology (2006-present). His research has been credited with the best paper award from the American Oil Chemist’s Society (AOCS) and the Korean Society of Fisheries Science and Technology in 2002.Professor Se-Kwon Kim’s major research interests are investigation and development of bioactive substances derived from marine organisms and their application in oriental medicine, nutraceuticals, and cosmeceuticals via marine bioprocessing and mass- production technologies. He has also conducted research on the development of bioactive materials from marine organisms for applications in oriental medicine, cosmeceuticals, and nutraceuticals. To date, he has authored over 600 research papers and holds 152 patents. In addition, he has written or edited more than 60 books.

"...concerned with diverse aspects of microalgae, their production and applications. The title implies an exclusive focus on marine microalgae, but the treatment is broader." --Biotechnology Advances"Every chapter includes a wealth of valuable citations, and the book serves as an authoritative reference that will be of use to anyone working with microalgae." --Aquaculture Magazine

• 1. Microalgae Biotechnology: Present trends and Future advances2. Introduction to microalgae: diversity and significance3. Microalgae Classification: Major Classes and genera of commercial microalgal species4. Microalgae isolation and basic culturing techniques5. Mass production of Microalgae6. Microalgal Biotechnology: The Way Forward7. Stability of Valuable Components: during Wet and Dry Storage8. Application of Microalgae Protein to Aquafeed9. From the Ancient Tribes to Modern Societies, Microalgae Evolution from a Simple Food to an Alternative Fuel Source10. Biofuel production from microalgae11. Biohydrogen production from microalgae, Uniting Energy, Life, and Green Future12. Bioethanol production from microalgae13. Medicinal effects of microalgae-derived fatty acids14. Innovative microalgae pigments as functional ingredients in nutrition15. Application of diatom biosilica in drug delivery16. Microalgal nutraceuticals17. Microalgae as a novel source of antioxidants for nutritional applications18.  Production of biopharmaceuticals in microalgae19. Nutritional and Pharmaceutical Properties of Microalgal Spirulina20. Applications of microalgae-derived active ingredients as cosmeceuticals21. Supercritical fluid extraction of microalgae (Chlorella vulagaris) biomass22. Exploiting the molecular genetics of microalgae: From Strain Development Pipelines to the Uncharted Waters of mass Production23. Microalgal systems biology through genome-scale metabolic reconstructions for industrial applications24. Genetic engineering of marine microalgae to optimize bioenergy production25. Genetic optimization of microalgae for bio-hydrogen production26. Genetic engineering of microalgae for production of value added ingredients27. Genetic engineering of microalgae for production of therapeutic proteins28. An Expressed Sequence Tag Database Analysis of Fatty Acid Genes in Stichococcus bacillaris Strain Siva201129. Microalgae-Based wastewater treatment30. Bioremediation of Heavy Metals by Microalgae31. Bioremediation with Microalgae: Toward Sustainable Production of Biofuels32. Phycoremediation-coupled Biomethanation33. N2-fixing Cyanobacteria: Ecology and Biotechnological Applications34. An Overview of harmful algal blooms on marine organisms35. Microalgae-derived toxic compounds36. Toxicity bioassays on benthic microalgae37. Ciguatoxin: Tropical Reef Fish Poisoning38. Dunaliella Identification Using DNA Fingerprinting Intron-Sizing Method and Species Specific Oligonucleotides: New Insights on Dunaliella Molecular Identification