Se Kwon Kim Livres

This Springer Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of methods, applications, and products in marine biotechnology. Covering approximately 70% of the Earth's surface, oceans host over 80% of living organisms, making aquatic ecosystems a rich source of chemical materials and biochemical processes. Edited by a prominent expert, with contributions from over 60 leading scientists, this handbook serves as an authoritative reference for students, researchers, and professionals in marine biotechnology and bioprocessing. The field focuses on studying biochemical materials and processes from marine sources, crucial for isolating novel drugs and advancing industrial and pharmaceutical development. Various bioprocess techniques are utilized to extract and produce marine natural compounds, biomaterials, proteins, and enzymes for applications in pharmaceuticals, cosmeceuticals, nutraceuticals, and bioenergy. The handbook is structured into ten well-organized parts, providing a solid introduction to marine biotechnology—from historical context and fundamentals to methods, technologies, and applications. Key topics include marine flora and fauna, tools and methods in marine biotechnology, marine genomics, microbiology, bioenergy, and industrial and medical applications of marine bioproducts.

Deliberately breaking with the classical biology-centered description of marine organisms and their products, this reference emphasizes microbial technology over basic biology, setting it apart from its predecessors. As such, it systematically covers the technology behind high-value compounds for use as pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals or cosmetics, from prospecting to production issues. Following a definition of the field, the book goes on to address all industrially important aspects of marine microbial biotechnology. The first main part contains a description of the major production organisms, from archaebacteria to cyanobacteria to algae and symbionts, including their genetic engineering. The remaining four parts look at commercially important compounds produced by these microorganisms together with their applications. Throughout, the emphasis is on technological considerations, and the future potential of these organisms or compound classes is discussed. A valuable and forward-looking resource for innovative biotechnologists in industry as well as in academia.