Aquatic Microalgal Biotechnology and Phylogenetic Studies
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 March 2024) | Viewed by 957
Special Issue Editors
Interests: algae; diatoms; biogeography; biotechnology; biogeochemistry
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2. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Interests: taxonomy; systematics; evolution; phylogeny; biogeography
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The application of algae is developing at a rapid pace, as algae are being applied in everything from materials science, to food and fuel production, and to medicines and cosmetics. In many cases, aquatic microalgal species are the taxa used to produce these materials and products. The diversity of microalgal groups from which these products are produced is quite high, involving many branches across the tree of life. In addition, the uncovering of the relationships of microalgae is being fueled by the ubiquitous application of molecular methods for phylogeny reconstruction. In many cases, the properties that have lead to the utility and application of microalgae have a phylogenetic basis. This Special Issue of Water aims to bring together in one volume works that describe new applications of microalgae across a broad spectrum of technologies, as well as those that summarize new insights into our understanding of the evolution and relationships of these freshwater, brackish and marine groups. We encourage those who are involved in research using both approaches to look at microalgal products and biotechnology and take a phylogenetic approach to define, bioprospect and/or develop these products and resources.
Dear Colleagues, we invite you to contribute to this Special Issue of Water, which will include manuscripts on the biotechnology and phylogeny of microalgae. We invite you to contribute articles on different aspects of the investigation of microalgae with phylogeny and that use molecular methods for the description of new species and genera. Research on microalgae is an important subject for understanding different aspects of biotechnology, including water quality and the screening of different species for finding important chemical compounds.
Dr. Maxim Kulikovskiy
Prof. Dr. Patrick Kociolek
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- aquatic species
- microalgae
- marine and freshwater biotechnology
- phylogeny
- evolution
