Ebook: Alginates: Biology and Applications
- Genre: Biology
- Tags: Bacteriology, Applied Microbiology, Cell Biology, Eukaryotic Microbiology, Food Science, Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology
- Series: Microbiology Monographs 13
- Year: 2009
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Alginates: Biology and Applications provides an overview of the state of art of alginate material properties, genetics and the molecular mechanisms underlying alginate biosynthesis as well as applications of tailor-made alginates in medicine, food and biotechnology.
Topics treated are:
- material properties of alginates
- alginate production: precursor biosynthesis, polymerization and secretion
- bacterial system for alginate uptake and degradation
- enzymatic alginate modification
- alginate gene regulation
- role of alginate in bacterial biofilms
- microbial production of alginates: physiology and process aspects
- alginate-based blends and nano/microbeads
- applications of alginates in food
- alginate and its comonomer mannuronic acid: medical relevance as drugs
''Alginates: Biology and Applications'' provides an overview of the state of art of alginate material properties, genetics and the molecular mechanisms underlying alginate biosynthesis as well as applications of tailor-made alginates in medicine, food and biotechnology.
Topics treated are: material properties of alginates, alginate production: precursor biosynthesis, polymerization and secretion, bacterial system for alginate uptake and degradation, enzymatic alginate modification, alginate gene regulation, role of alginate in bacterial biofilms, microbial production of alginates: physiology and process aspects, alginate-based blends and nano/microbeads, applications of alginates in food, alginate and its comonomer mannuronic acid: medical relevance as drugs.