Micro-algae: Next-generation Feedstock for Biorefineries Contemporary Technologies and Future Outlook

The edited book covers all potential products from microalgal-based biorefinery having the focus on contemporary technologies and future outlook. Along with the focus on microalgal biorefinery products, the book also focuses on biotechnological advances via the utilization of modern molecular biology, system biology, synthetic biology, or metabolic engineering approach in microalgal biorefinery.  The development of any technologies has a direct effect on the human being and the environment, therefore, the socio-economic, techno-economic, and environmental impact of the microalgae-based biorefineries will also be included in the book. In microalgal biomass-based biorefinery different biofuel- biodiesel, bioethanol, bio-hydrogen, and value-added compounds such as carotenoids, fatty acids, and protein can be produced simultaneously. Understanding the technical advances to develop an integrated biorefinery approach with the motive of designing a consolidated self-sustainable microalga-based biorefinery. This book is equally beneficial for researchers and engineers in biomass-based biorefineries or the bachelors, master, or young budding graduate students as a textbook.  

Chapter 1. Third-generation biofuels from Microalgal Bioresource: Potential strategy and current trends.- Chapter 2. The promising future of microalgae as biofuels and valuable bioproducts. Chapter 3. Overview on advanced microalgae-based sustainable biofuel generation and its life cycle assessment . Chapter 4. Microalgae Cell Wall Disruption and Biocomponents Fractionation for Fuel Conversion. -Chapter 5. Recent advances in hydrothermal liquefaction of microalgae.- Chapter 6. Carotenoids and pigments generation using the microalgal production system. Chapter 7. Molecular engineering/metabolic engineering based advanced biotechnological approach in microalgal biorefinery.- Chapter 8.Algae-bacteria interactomics unveils their role in growth and production of high-value biorenewables.- Chapter 9.Microalgae and Cyanobacteria: A potential source for drug discovery using genome mining approach.- Chapter 10.Synthetic biology-based advanced biotechnological approach in microalgal biorefinery.

Dr. Pradeep Verma is a Professor at the Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, CURAJ, Ajmer, India. He worked as Associate professor and Reader-Founder Head at GGV, Bilaspur and Assam University, Silchar.He received his Ph.D. from Sardar Patel University, Gujarat and Masters and Bachelor’s from MDS University, Rajasthan. He worked as visiting scientist at UFZ Centre for Environmental Research, Halle, Germany and Post-doctoral fellow at ASCR Prague, Gottingen University Germany, and RISH Kyoto University Japan. He also worked at Reliance Life Sciences, Mumbai, India. His stay at Japan and Reliance life Sciences resulted in several commercialized national and International patents. He is a recipient of various prestigious awards and fellowships such as the Ron-Cockcroft award by Swedish society, UNESCO Fellow, DFG fellow, and JSPS PDF. He is a Fellow of the Mycological Society of India and Biotech Research Society of India. His area of expertise involves microbial diversity, bioremediation, bioprocess development, lignocellulosic, and algal biomass-based biorefinery.  He has contributed to 65 research papers, 32 book chapters, and 07 edited books. He is an editorial board member and reviewer of several prestigious high impact journals.