Recent
Advances in Marine Biotechnology
Volume
9: Biomaterials and Bioprocessing
Milton Fingerman and Rachakonda Nagabhushanam: Department of Ecology
and Evolution Biology Tulane University, New Orleans, USA
ISBN 978-1-57808-284-1; 2003; 300 pages; $ 108.60
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Marine organisms have been found to be
sources of numerous compounds that have applications in industry,
agriculture, and medicine. This volume explores ongoing efforts to develop
these natural products into commercially viable materials. The book deals
with a range of topics, such as photobioreactors, industrial applications of
chitosanases, carrageenans from red algae, anticoagulants from marine algae,
and biomass production as a source of energy by pyrolysis.