(PDF) The Alga Dunaliella – biodiversity, physiology by Ami Ben-Amotz

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Table of Contents

History, Distribution, and Habitats of Algae of the Genus Dunaliella TEODORESCO (Chlorophyceae); Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Genus Dunaliella; Cultivation, Growth Media, Division Rates and Applications of Dunaliella Species; Cultivation of Dunaliella for High Value Compounds; Pigments of Green and Red Forms of Dunaliella, and Related Chlorophytes; Carotenoid Biosynthesis in Dunaliella (Chlorophyta); Acquisition and Metabolism of Inorganic Nutrients by Dunaliella; Bioactive Compounds: Glycerol Production, Carotenoid Production, Fatty Acids Production; Photosynthesis Energy Relationships in Dunaliella; The Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation on Dunaliella: Growth, Development and Metabolism; Chloroplast Acclimation, Photodamage and Repair Reactions of Photosystem-II in the Model Green Alga Dunaliella salina; Photoacclimation and Photostasis in Dunaliella; Selected Functional and Molecular Adaptations Contributing to the Exceptional Stress Tolerance of Dunaliella; Salinity Tolerance and Iron Deprivation Resistance Mechanisms Revealed by Proteomic Analyzes in Dunaliella salina; Carbon Dioxide Fixation by Dunaliella spp. and the Possible Use of this Genus in Carbon Dioxide Mitigation and Waste Reduction; Paratransgenic Approaches to the Control of Infections of Shrimp: Prospects for Use of Dunaliella; Development of Genetics and Molecular Tool Kits for Species of the Unicellular Green Alga Dunaliella (Chlorophyta); Application of the Colorless Carotenoids, Phytoene, and Phytofluene in Cosmetics, Wellness, Nutrition, and Therapeutics; Biofuels from Microalgae: Review of Products, Processes and Potential, with Special Focus on Dunaliella sp.; Application of Dunaliella in Atherosclerosis; Utility of Dunaliella in Ecotoxicity Testing