Advances in Cyanobacterial Biology

Teaches how to understand and apply cyanobacteria to improve agricultural production

Prashant Kumar Singh (Edited by), Ajay Kumar (Edited by), Vipin Kumar Singh (Edited by), Alok Kumar Shrivistava (Edited by)

9780128193112, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 19 February 2020

420 pages, 58 illustrations (10 in full color)
27.6 x 21.5 x 2.7 cm, 1.16 kg

Advances in Cyanobacterial Biology presents the novel, practical, and theoretical aspects of cyanobacteria, providing a better understanding of basic and advanced biotechnological application in the field of sustainable agriculture. Chapters have been designed to deal with the different aspects of cyanobacteria including their role in the evolution of life, cyanobacterial diversity and classification, isolation, and characterization of cyanobacteria through biochemical and molecular approaches, phylogeny and biogeography of cyanobacteria, symbiosis, Cyanobacterial photosynthesis, morphological and physiological adaptation to abiotic stresses, stress-tolerant cyanobacterium, biological nitrogen fixation. Other topics include circadian rhythms, genetics and molecular biology of abiotic stress responses, application of cyanobacteria and cyanobacterial mats in wastewater treatments, use as a source of novel stress-responsive genes for development of stress tolerance and as a source of biofuels, industrial application, as biofertilizer, cyanobacterial blooms, use in Nano-technology and nanomedicines as well as potential applications.

1. Cyanobacterial imprints in diversity and phylogeny2. Cyanobacterial Diversity: Molecular Insights Under Multifarious Environments3. Cyanobacteria in tropical and sub-tropical marine environments: Diversity, and ecological role4. Database Resources for Cyanobacterial Research5. Cyanobacterial pigment and their fluorescence characteristics6. Cyanobacterial membrane biology under stress with particular reference to photosynthesis and photomorphogenesis7. Cyanobacteria and iron homeostasis: Advancements in siderophores and metal transporters8. Molecular chaperones in protein folding and stress management in cyanobacteria9. cyanobacterial genome editing toolboxes: Recent advancement and future projections for basic and synthetic biology researches10. Impact of pesticide applications on the growth and function of cyanobacteria11. Cyanoomics: An advancement in the fields cyanobacterial omics biology with special reference to proteomics and transcriptomics12. Algae and cyanobacteria as a source of novel bioactive compounds for biomedical applications13. Cyanobacterial stress-responsive small RNAs (sRNAs): Players of stress and developmental responses14. Physiological aspects of cyanobacterial nitrogen fixation and its applications in modern sciences15. Mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) in Cyanobacteria: Biosynthesis, Functions and Applications16. Heterocyst and akinete differentiation in cyanobacteria: A view towards cyanobacterial symbiosis17. Cyanobacterial peroxiredoxins and its role in cyanobacterial stress biology18. Cyanobacteria as a biofuel source: Recent Advances and Applications19. Cyanobacteria as an indispensable tool for heavy metal removal from wastewater: Advancement in the field of biosorption20. Dynamics of harmful cyanobacterial blooms and their toxins: environmental and human health perspectives and management strategies21. Cyanobacteria as a source of nanoparticles: Application and future projections22. Role of algae and cyanobacteria in bioremediation: Prospects in polyethylene bio-degradation23. Cyanobacteria: Potential source of biofertilizer and synthesizer of metallic-nanoparticles24. Cyanobacteria: potential source of Anticancer Drugs25. Cyanobacteria as a source of biofertilizers for sustainable agriculture

Subject Areas: Agronomy & crop production [TVK], Agriculture & farming [TV], The environment [RN], Soil science, sedimentology [RBGB], Microbiology [non-medical PSG]