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20.2.4

Culture Methods

321

20.2.4.1

Batch Culture

321

20.2.4.2

Continuous Culture

322

20.2.5

Harvesting Cultures

322

20.2.6

Bioenergy Production Process from Microalgae

322

20.2.6.1

Production Processes

322

20.2.6.2

Biomass Production from Marine Water Algae

322

20.2.7

Large-Scale Production and Processing of Microalgae

324

20.2.7.1

Biomethane Production by Anaerobic Digestion

324

20.2.7.2

Liquid Oil Production by Thermal Liquefaction Process

325

20.2.7.3

Transesterification Process

325

20.2.7.4

Nano-Catalyzed Transesterification Process

325

20.2.7.5

Biohydrogen Production by Photobiological Process

326

20.3

Genetic Engineering for the Improvement of Microalgae

326

20.4

Conclusion and Challenges in Commercializing Microalgae

327

References

327

Part VII Emerging Technologies (Nano Biotechnology) for

Zero Waste

329

21

Nanomaterials and Biopolymers for the Remediation of

Polluted Sites

331

Minchitha K. Umesha, Sadhana Venkatesh, and Swetha Seshagiri

21.1

Introduction

331

21.2

Water Remediation

332

21.2.1

Application of Nanotechnology for Water Disinfection and Textile Dye

Degradation

332

21.2.2

Nanobiopolymers for Water Disinfection and Textile Dye

Degradation

334

21.3

Soil Remediation

336

21.3.1

Application of Nanotechnology for Soil Remediation

337

References

339

22

Biofunctionalized Nanomaterials for Sensing and

Bioremediation of Pollutants

343

Satyam and S. Patra

22.1

Introduction

343

22.2

Synthesis and Surface Modification Strategies for Nanoparticles

345

22.3

Binding Techniques for Biofunctionalization of Nanoparticles

345

22.3.1

Covalent Functionalization

346

22.3.2

Non-Covalent Functionalization

346

22.3.3

Encapsulation

347

22.3.4

Adsorption

348