Algal biotechnology industries and research activities in China

In old China there were very few people engaged in the study of the algae, but in new China, freshwater and marine algae are studied by over one hundred old and new phycologists. There is now an algal biotechnology industry consisting of an aquaculture industry, producing large amounts of the seawee...

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Published in:Journal of applied phycology 2001-08, Vol.13 (4), p.375-380
Main Author: TSENG, C. K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions
algal culture
Algal culture (microalgae)
algin
Biological and medical sciences
Biotechnology
Brackish
China
Dunaliella
Eucheuma
Freshwater
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General agronomy. Plant production
Gracilaria
Laminaria
Marine
Methods. Procedures. Technologies
Plant aquaculture, algal production (macroalgae)
Porphyra
Spirulina
Undaria
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Summary:In old China there were very few people engaged in the study of the algae, but in new China, freshwater and marine algae are studied by over one hundred old and new phycologists. There is now an algal biotechnology industry consisting of an aquaculture industry, producing large amounts of the seaweeds Laminaria, Porphyra, Undaria, Gracilaria, eucheumoids, and the microalgae Dunaliella and Spirulina. There is also a phycocolloid industry, producing algin, agar and carrageenan; an industry producing chemicals and drugs, such as iodine, mannitol, phycocyanin, beta -carotene, PSS (propylene glycol alginate sulfate) and FPS (fucose-containing sulfated polysaccharides) and an industry producing food, feed and fertilizer. The Laminaria cultivation industry produces about 900,000 t dry Laminaria, probably the largest producer in the world and 13,000 t algin, undoubtedly one of the largest algin producer in the world.
ISSN:0921-8971
1573-5176
DOI:10.1023/A:1017972812576