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**Revolution 151** Sean Michael Tibbetts

**Biopharmaceuticals 177**

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This book shows how microalgae can be used biotechnologically to solve industrial and ag‐ ricultural problems, besides producing consumables in a sustainable way. Divided into 10 chapters, the book explores some potential technological routes of the microalgae-based processes and products. The chapters presented in this book are intended to help provide a deeper understanding and insight into promises and challenges for microalgal biotechnolo‐ gy as a substantial contributor to the future of food, feed, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, ener‐ gy and fertilizer supplies. Given the book's breadth of coverage and extensive bibliography, it offers an essential resource for researchers and industry professionals working in applied phycology.

> **Eduardo Jacob-Lopes** Federal University of Santa Maria Santa Maria, Brazil

> **Leila Queiroz Zepka** Federal University of Santa Maria Santa Maria, Brazil

**Maria Isabel Queiroz** Federal University of Rio Grande Rio Grande, Brazil

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**Introductory Chapter: Microalgae Biotechnology. A** 

The diversity of beings that make up the biological universe that comprehends the planet is simply dazzling. Not less dazzling than the whole is, with no doubt, each unit in special, even though being able to present itself in some similar aspects morphologically and physiologically to the others. Regardless of the specific pattern of the protein synthesis of each organism, they all perform chemical transformations, however, with due metabolic differences, which

From the multiple metabolic diversities, it has been highlighted under the biotechnological point of view, the microalgae. This terminology comprehends a variety of prokaryotic or eukaryotic organisms, autotrophs and many capable of development themselves heterotrophically. The microalgae have been considered promisors organisms to various biotechnological applications in function of its potential of use to diverse renewable forms of useful

In morphologic, physiologic and structural characterization terms, the microalgae are organisms beings of extraordinary adaptive capacity susceptible to survive in an environmental diversity. The morphologic term aims to describe the shape, the size and the growth of an organism. The microalgae are highly adaptable not only in the physiologic aspect, but also are carrier of a quite diverse morphology. Mainly with respect to the size of these organisms, the physiologic properties are determinant factors and are directly connected to their cellular

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