Recent Advances in Marine Biotechnology

Protein biomarkers for paralytic shellfish toxins; characteristics of deep-sea micro-organisms adapted to extreme environments; application of chitosan in separation and purification of metals; glues from the sea - lessons at the foot of a bioadhesive master, the marine mussel; bioremoval of heavy metals by microalgae; microbial surfactants - potential applications in the treatment of hydrocarbon marine pollution; enzymatic membrane bioreactors - current state of the art and future prospects; heavy metal pollution - use of marine crustaceans as biological indicators; enzyme sensors for the detection of pesticides; microbial diversity as a source of potentially useful biopolymers; bioreactor technology for mass cultivation of photoautotrophic-microalgae.