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Past, Present and Future of Microalgae Cultivation

Developments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Navid R. Moheimani, David Parlevliet, Mark P. McHenry,
Parisa A. Bahri and Karne de Boer

Application of Various Immobilization Techniques

for Algal Bioprocesses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ela Eroglu, Steven M. Smith and Colin L. Raston

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Potentials of Exploiting Heterotrophic Metabolism

for Biodiesel Oil Production by Microalgae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
James Chukwuma Ogbonna and Navid R. Moheimani

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Culture Systems Incorporating Heterotrophic Metabolism

for Biodiesel Oil Production by Microalgae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
James Chukwuma Ogbonna and Mark P. McHenry

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Wastewater as a Source of Nutrients for Microalgae

Biomass Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Koenraad Muylaert, Annelies Beuckels, Orily Depraetere,
Imogen Foubert, Giorgos Markou and Dries Vandamme
Algae-Based Wastewater Treatment for Biofuel Production:
Processes, Species, and Extraction Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stephen R. Lyon, Hossein Ahmadzadeh and Marcia A. Murry

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CO2 Environmental Bioremediation by Microalgae . . . . . . . . . . .

Mohammad J. Raeesossadati, Hossein Ahmadzadeh,
Mark P. McHenry and Navid R. Moheimani

Prospective Applications of Synthetic Biology for Algal

Bioproduct Optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Basel Khraiwesh, Kenan Jijakli, Joseph Swift,
Amphun Chaiboonchoe, Rasha Abdrabu, Pei-Wen Chao,
Laising Yen and Kourosh Salehi-Ashtiani

Molecular Genetic Techniques for Algal Bioengineering . . . . . . . .

Kenan Jijakli, Rasha Abdrabu, Basel Khraiwesh,
David R. Nelson, Joseph Koussa and Kourosh Salehi-Ashtiani

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Toward Applications of Genomics and Metabolic Modeling

to Improve Algal Biomass Productivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kourosh Salehi-Ashtiani, Joseph Koussa, Bushra Saeed Dohai,
Amphun Chaiboonchoe, Hong Cai, Kelly A.D. Dougherty,
David R. Nelson, Kenan Jijakli and Basel Khraiwesh

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Genetic Engineering for Microalgae Strain Improvement

in Relation to Biocrude Production Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Evan Stephens, Juliane Wolf, Melanie Oey, Eugene Zhang,
Ben Hankamer and Ian L. Ross

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Harvesting of Microalgae by Means of Flocculation . . . . . . . . . . .

Koenraad Muylaert, Dries Vandamme, Imogen Foubert
and Patrick V. Brady

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Industrial-scale Microalgae Pond Primary Dewatering Chemistry

for Energy-efcient Autoflocculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Patrick V. Brady, Mark P. McHenry, M. Carolina Cuello
and Navid R. Moheimani

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Harvesting and Downstream Processingand

Their Economics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F.C. Thomas Allnutt and Ben A. Kessler

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Potential of Converting Solar Energy to Electricity

and Chemical Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
David Parlevliet and Navid R. Moheimani

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The Anaerobic Digestion of Microalgae Feedstock, Life-Cycle

Environmental Impacts of Biofuels and Co-products . . . . . . . . .
Andrew James Ward

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Economic and Energy Analysis of Large-Scale Microalgae

Production for Biofuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Karne de Boer and Parisa A. Bahri

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Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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