Meet the editor

Prof. (FH) RNDr. Milada Vítová, PhD, works at the Laboratory of Cell Cycles of Algae, Centre Algatech, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. She studied at Charles' University and obtained her PhD in molecular and cell biology. She started her research career in SAC, UK and continued at the University of Vienna, Austria. She has 20 years of experience in the research of algal physiology and biotechnology. She leads the

group involved in the research of metal metabolism in algae and its environmental aspects. Her scientific fields concern namely: a) metal transport and metabolism in algae, b) cell cycle regulation of algae by external factors, and c) bioremediation, biomining, and recycling. She is a lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences, Krems, Austria.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

**Section 3**

Biotechnology

*by Natalia Grigoryeva*

Reservoirs of the Americas

**Preface III**

Phytoplankton **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 27**

**Chapter 3 47**

Microalgae as Nutrition **69**

**Chapter 4 71**

**Chapter 5 91**

Microalgae Applications **103**

**Chapter 6 105**

The Red Microalga *Galdieria* as a Promising Organism for Applications in

Self-Fluorescence of Photosynthetic System: A Powerful Tool for

Eutrophication and Phytoplankton: Some Generalities from Lakes and

Isolation, Characterization, and Biotechnological Potential of Native

Drying and Quality of Microalgal Powders for Human Alimentation *by Fábio de Farias Neves, Mariana Demarco and Giustino Tribuzi*

Microalgae and Its Use in Nutraceuticals and Food Supplements

*by Joshi Nilesh Hemantkumar and Mor Ilza Rahimbhai*

*by Mária Čížková, Milada Vítová and Vilém Zachleder*

*J. Dylan Maddox, Segundo L. Estela, Hicler N. Rodríguez, Alvaro B. Tresierra, Juan R. Saldaña, Jorge L. Marapara, Pedro M. Adrianzén and Rosana Gonzales*

*by Marianela Cobos, Juan C. Castro, Jae D. Paredes, Sheyla Pérez,* 

Investigation of Microalgal Biological Diversity

*by Ernesto J. González and Gabriel Roldán*

Microalgae From the Peruvian Amazon
