Algal World has been carefully written and edited with an interdisciplinary appeal and aims to bring all aspects of Algae together in one volume. The 22 chapters are divided into two different parts which have been authored by eminent researchers from across the world. The first part, Biology of Algae, contains 10 chapters dealing with the general characteristics, classification and description of different groups such as Blue Green Algae, Green Algae, Brown Algae, Red Algae, Diatoms, Xanthophyceae, Dinophyceae, etc. In , it has two important chapters covering Algae in Extreme Environments and Life Histories and Growth Forms in Green Algae. The second part, Applied Phycology, contains 12 chapters dealing with the more applied aspects ranging from Algal Biotechnology, Biofuel, Phycoremediation, Bioactive Compounds, Biofertilizer, Fatty Acids, Harmful Algal Blooms, Industrial Applications of Seaweeds, Nanotechnology, Phylogenomics and Algal culture Techniques, etc.

This volume has been carefully written and edited with an interdisciplinary appeal and aims to bring all aspects of Algae together in one volume

Preface.- List of Authors and their addresses.- PART 1. Biology of Algae.- 1. General characteristics of Algae.- 2. Classification of Algae.- 3. Cyanobacteria.- 4. Green algae.- 5. Growth forms and life histories in green algae.- 6. Brown algae.- 7. Red algae.- 8. Diatoms: Yellow or Golden Brown Algae.- 9. Xanthophyceae, Euglenophyceae and Dinophyceae.- 10. Survey Of Algae In Extreme Environments.- PART 2.  Applied Phycology.- 11. Algal Biotechnology.- 12. Harmful Algal Blooms.- 13. Phycoremediation.- 14. Bioactivity of secondary metabolites from Macroalgae.- 15. Marine algae: Gathered resource to global food industry.- 16. Metalic Nanoparticle Synthesis by Cyanobacteria: Fundamentals and Applications.- 17. Blue Green Algae: A Potential Biofertilizer For Rice.- 18. Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids From Algae.- 19. Algae as a source of biofuel.- 20. Phylogenomics in Algal Research: Current Trends and Future Perspectives.- 21. Advance Techniques in Algae.- 22. Culturing Micro Algae.