Chapter 12. Industrial Production of Microalgal Cell-Mass and Secondary Products - Major Industrial Species: Arthrospira (Spirulina) Platensis

  1. Amos Richmond
  1. Qiang Hu

Published Online: 16 NOV 2007

DOI: 10.1002/9780470995280.ch12

Handbook of Microalgal Culture: Biotechnology and Applied Phycology

Handbook of Microalgal Culture: Biotechnology and Applied Phycology

How to Cite

Hu, Q. (2007) Industrial Production of Microalgal Cell-Mass and Secondary Products - Major Industrial Species: Arthrospira (Spirulina) Platensis, in Handbook of Microalgal Culture: Biotechnology and Applied Phycology (ed A. Richmond), Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470995280.ch12

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 16 NOV 2007
  2. Published Print: 25 NOV 2003

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780632059539

Online ISBN: 9780470995280

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Keywords:

  • arthrospira;
  • cell structure;
  • morphological features;
  • growth physiology;
  • commercial production

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Major morphological, cell structure and taxonomic features

  • Physiological, biochemical and genetic features

  • Commercial production in the world

  • Arthrospira biomass and its derived bioproducts

  • Aphanizomenon flosaquae