The study of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) has attracted attention in recent times because of its increasing importance in agriculture, environmental conservation, pollution control, waste reclamation, human nutrition, pharmaceutical industry, and in the production of value-added products of commercial importance. The twin characters of cyanobacteria - as a prokaryotic genome and organization on one hand, and as a eukaryotic oxygen-evolving photosynthetic system on the other, make them excellent candidates for molecular biological and biotechnological investigations and manipulations. In some countries, cyanobacterial biomass production has assumed industrial dimensions and is used for the production of value-added products. This volume comprises select papers presented at the International Symposium on Cyanobacterial Biotechnology - the section headings: biotechnology and molecular biology; cell biology and physiology; biofertilizer; food, feed and pharmaceuticals and biodiversity and environment. This volume should be useful to all those interested in understanding and using cyanobacteria for the benefit of mankind.
The study of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) has attracted attention in recent times because of its increasing importance in agriculture, environmental conservation, pollution control, waste reclamation, human nutrition, pharmaceutical industry, and in the production of value-added products of commercial importance. The twin characters of cyanobacteria - as a prokaryotic genome and organization on one hand, and as a eukaryotic oxygen-evolving photosynthetic system on the other, make them excellent candidates for molecular biological and biotechnological investigations and manipulations. In some countries, cyanobacterial biomass production has assumed industrial dimensions and is used for the production of value-added products. This volume comprises select papers presented at the International Symposium on Cyanobacterial Biotechnology - the section headings: biotechnology and molecular biology; cell biology and physiology; biofertilizer; food, feed and pharmaceuticals and biodiversity and environment. This volume should be useful to all those interested in understanding and using cyanobacteria for the benefit of mankind.
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Cyanobacterial biotechnology Nostoc PCC 73102 and H2 -knowledge, research and biotechnological challenges; characterization of stress effects on photosynthesis in cyanobacterium "Spirulina paltensis"; the alternative bioenergetics patterns in cyanobacteria as factors of biochemical adaptation; selection and characterization of a high CO2 requiring mutant of cyanobacterium "synechococcus" PCC 7942; the role of polyunsaturated glycerolipids in low-temperature stress - studied by genetically engineered cyanobacterial strains; transport of osmoprotective compounds in salt-loaded cells of "Synechocystis" sp.PCC6803; the role of cyanobacterial exudates for growth of heterotrophic bacteria; the effect of changes in gravity on the cyanobacterium "Synechocystis" sp.PCC6803; do biochemical alterations occur in "Anabaenba cycadeae" upon growth in free-living conditions?; cellular characteristics of a marine "Nostoc calciola" BDU40302; influence of aeration and nutrients on akinete differentiaion in the cyanobacterium "Anabaena torulosa"; photosynthesis respiration interplay in cyanobacteria -fundamentals and applications; characterization of the mutant M406 of "Synechocystis" sp.PCC6803 unable to tolerate high salt concentrations; hydrogenase-mediated hydrogen production in unicellular cyanobacterium "Cyanothese" spp.ATCC 51142; reduction in daily oxygen production rates for predicting biomass productivity in "Spirulina" cultures; strategies to develop a gene transfer system for marine aerobic nitrogen-fixing unicellular cyanobacteria; regulation of gene expression during heterocyst differentiation in "Anabaena" sp. strain PCC7120; genetic and physiological characterization of salt-sensitive mutants of the cyanobacterium "Synechocystis" sp.PCC6803; molecular characterization of the "Azolla-Anabaena" symbiosis; expression, purification and properties of the "Synechocystis" 6803 Ca2+-ATPase; genetic dissection of heterocyst differentiation; stress-regulated gene expression in nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria; cyanobacteria and "azolla" as biofertilizer for rice; use of cyanobacterial biofertilizers in rice cultivation - a technology improvement; cyanobacterial nitrogen metabolism - relevance in agricultural biotechnology; the nitrate metabolism of non N2-fixing cyanobacterium "Synechoccoccus Ieopoliensis" and of "Chlorella sosokiniana" - special features; agronomic potential of a marine "Nostoc calciola" BDU 40302; tubular photobioreactors for large-scale algal culture; spirulina farms - micro to macro; "spirulina" by 2001AD; sugar as a source of carbon for "Spirulina (Arthrospira platensis)" culture; marine cyanobacteria for feed, fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals; stabilization of nitrogenase activity and hydrogen evolution of "Synechocystis" sp. by cell entrapment; genotoxic effects of freshwater cyanobacterium "Microcystis aeruginosa"; studies on the effect of "Spirulina" supplementation in control of diabetes mellitus. (Part contents)
