Part I: Fundamental and physiological characteristics of cyanobacteria1. The cyanobacterial cell2. Fundamental physiological process: Photosynthesis, light harvesting complex and carbon concentrating mechanisms3. Nitrogen fixation in Cyanobacteria4. Circadian clock in cyanobacteria5. Theoretical aspects of temperature effect on cyanobacterial circadian clock6. Regulated cell death in cyanobacteria: Evidences, classification and significances
Part II: Extremophiles, adaptations, secondary metabolites, osmolytes, and toxins in cyanobacteria7. Extremophilic cyanobacteria8. Mycosporine-like amino acids and scytonemin: Regulations, roles for adaptation of cyanobacteria to the environment, and potential applications9. Osmoprotectant molecules in cyanobacteria: Their basic features, biosynthetic regulations, and potential applications10. Detection, biosynthesis, and biofunction of microcystin in the freshwater bloom-forming cyanobacterium Microcystis11. Mycosporine-like amino acids in freshwater bloom-forming cyanobacterium Microcystis: detection, biosynthesis, genetic marker, and biofunction
Part III: Applications of cyanobacteria in biotechnology12. Application of cyanobacterial compounds in energy, health, value-added products, and agricultural sectors: A prospective13. Exploring metabolic versatility of cyanobacteria for an emerging carbon-neutral bioeconomy14. A carbon metabolism of great biotechnological interest: Metabolic engineering and synthetic biology of cyanobacteria15. Cyanobacterial photoreceptors and their application16. Cyanobacterial and commercially important carotenoids: Biosynthesis, metabolic engineering, biological activities, applications, and processing
