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Transgenic Microalgae as Green Cell Factories

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Editors:
  1. Rosa León

    1. Departamento de Química y Ciencia de Materiales, Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales, Universidad de Huelva, Huelva, Spain

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  2. Aurora Galván

    1. Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Campus de Rabanales, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain

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  3. Emilio Fernández

    1. Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Campus de Rabanales, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain

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  • Offers a global view of the genetic manipulation of microalgae and their applications

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Microalgae have been largely cultured and commercialized as food and feed additives, and their potential as source of high-added value compounds is well known. But, in contrast to the large number of genetically modified bacteria, yeast and even higher plants, only a few species of microalgae have been genetically transformed with efficiency. Initial difficulties in the expression of foreign genes in microalgae have been progressively overcome, and powerful molecular tools for their genetic engineering are now on hand. A considerable collection of promoters and selectable marker genes and an increasing number of genomic or cDNA sequences have become available in recent years. More work is needed to transform new species of microalgae, specially those that have commercial value, so that it would be possible to increase the productivity of traditional compounds or synthesize novel ones. Silencing transgenes remains as an important limitation for stable expression of foreign genes. This problem is not unique to microalgae since it has also been observed in plants, animals and fungi. A better understanding of the mechanisms that control the regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes is therefore needed.

In this book a group of outstanding researchers working on different areas of microalgae biotechnology offer a global vision of the genetic manipulation of microalgae and their applications.

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Nuclear Transformation of Eukaryotic Microalgae

    • Rosa León, Emilio Fernández
    Pages 1-11

  3. Transformation of Cyanobacteria

    • Agustín Vioque
    Pages 12-22

  4. Molecular Biology and the Biotechnological Potential of Diatoms

    • Peter Kroth
    Pages 23-33

  5. Tools and Techniques for Chloroplast Transformation of Chlamydomonas

    • Saul Purton
    Pages 34-45

  6. Influence of Codon Bias on the Expression of Foreign Genes in Microalgae

    • Markus Heitzer, Almut Eckert, Markus Fuhrmann, Christoph Griesbeck
    Pages 46-53

  7. In the Grip of Algal Genomics

    • Arthur R. Grossman
    Pages 54-76

  8. Insertional Mutagenesis as a Tool to Study Genes/Functions in Chlamydomonas

    • Aurora Galván, David González-Ballester, Emilio Fernández
    Pages 77-89

  9. Optimization of Recombinant Protein Expression in the Chloroplasts of Green Algae

    • Samuel P. Fletcher, Machiko Muto, Stephen P. Mayfield
    Pages 90-98

  10. Phycoremediation of Heavy Metals Using Transgenic Microalgae

    • Sathish Rajamani, Surasak Siripornadulsil, Vanessa Falcao, Moacir Torres, Pio Colepicolo, Richard Sayre
    Pages 99-109

  11. Hydrogen Fuel Production by Transgenic Microalgae

    • Anastasios Melis, Michael Seibert, Maria L. Ghirardi
    Pages 110-121

  12. Microalgal Vaccines

    • Surasak Siripornadulsil, Konrad Dabrowski, Richard Sayre
    Pages 122-128

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 129-131
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Departamento de Química y Ciencia de Materiales, Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales, Universidad de Huelva, Huelva, Spain

    Rosa León

  • Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Campus de Rabanales, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain

    Aurora Galván, Emilio Fernández

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Transgenic Microalgae as Green Cell Factories

  • Editors: Rosa León, Aurora Galván, Emilio Fernández

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-75532-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2007

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-75531-1Published: 26 November 2007

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-9132-4Published: 25 November 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-75532-8Published: 10 December 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 131

  • Topics: Plant Sciences, Cell Biology, Microbial Ecology

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