A significant component of many different ecosystems, cyanobacteria
occupy almost every niche of the earth, including fresh and salt
waters, rice fields, hot springs, arid deserts, and polar regions.
Cyanobacteria, along with algae, produce nearly half the global
oxygen, making assessment of their ecophysiologies important for
understanding climate impacts and potential remediation. Stress
Biology of Cyanobacteria: Molecular Mechanisms to Cellular
Responses is a compilation of holistic responses of cyanobacteria,
ranging from ecological and physiological to the modern aspects of
their molecular biology, genomics, and biochemistry. Covering
almost every aspect of cyanobacterial stress biology, this book is
divided into two parts: Bioenergetics and Molecular Mechanisms of
Stress Tolerance and Cellular Responses and Ecophysiology. The
first few chapters focus on the molecular bioenergetics of
photosynthesis and respiration in cyanobacteria, and provide a
clear perspective on different stress tolerance mechanisms. Part I
also covers the effect of specific stresses-including heavy metal,
high and low temperature, salt, osmotic, and UV-B stress-on a wide
range of vital physiological, biochemical, and molecular processes
of cyanobacteria. Part II describes mechanisms of symbiosis,
stress-induced bioproducts, and the role of environmental factors
on nitrogen fixation, which along with photosynthesis is a major
contributor to the current geochemical status of the planet. The
text also covers mutation and cyanobacterial adaptation, and the
most widely studied cyanotoxin, microcystin, which has effects on
both human and animal health. With contributions from experts
around the world, representing the global importance of
cyanobacteria, this book provides a broad compilation of research
that deals with cyanobacterial stress responses in both controlled
laboratory conditions as well as in their natural environment.
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