"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.
Rehm, Bernd H. A.
| ISBN | 978-3-540-92678-8 |
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| Article number | 9783540926788 |
| Media type | Book |
| Copyright year | 2009 |
| Publisher | Springer, Berlin |
| Length | VIII, 266 pages |
| Illustrations | VIII, 266 p. 94 illus., 6 illus. in color. |
| Language | English |
