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Microalgae - From Physiology to Application
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SYSNO ASEP 0531457 Document Type M - Monograph Chapter R&D Document Type Monograph Chapter Title The Red Microalga Galdieria as a Promising Organism for Applications in Biotechnology Author(s) Čížková, Mária (MBU-M) ORCID
Vítová, Milada (MBU-M) RID, ORCID
Zachleder, Vilém (MBU-M) ORCIDSource Title Microalgae - From Physiology to Application. - London : IntechOpen, 2020 / Vítová Milada - ISBN 978-1-83880-036-9 Number of pages 17 s. Number of pages 229 Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country GB - United Kingdom Keywords Galdieria ; red algae ; extremophiles Subject RIV EE - Microbiology, Virology OECD category Microbiology R&D Projects LO1416 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) Institutional support MBU-M - RVO:61388971 DOI 10.5772/intechopen.89810 Annotation The genus Galdieria refers to red algae and includes microscopic inhabitants of highly acidic (pH 1–2), often volcanic habitats. They are thermophilic or thermo-tolerant organisms, some of them surviving temperatures up to 56°C. As other extremophilic microorganisms, they exhibit unique features derived from their modified metabolisms. In this chapter, we will review the special abilities of Galdieria species such as metabolic flexibility to grow photoautotrophically, heterotrophically or mixotrophically, ability to utilize a whole range of unusual carbon sources, capability of surviving extreme environments or their extremely high resistance to metals. We will discuss the potential of Galdieria for applications in biotechnology, for example, phycocyanin production, nutrient removal from urban wastewaters, bio-mining, treatment of acidic mine drainage, selective metal precipitation, bioremediation of acidic metal-contaminated areas or recovery of critical and scarce metals from secondary sources. Workplace Institute of Microbiology Contact Eliška Spurná, eliska.spurna@biomed.cas.cz, Tel.: 241 062 231 Year of Publishing 2021
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