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Absolute quantification of cellular levels of photosynthesis-related proteins in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
Quantifying cellular components is a basic and important step for understanding how a cell works, how it responds to environmental changes, and for...
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Poly-β-hydroxybutyrate production by Synechocystis MT_a24 in a raceway pond using urban wastewater
AbstractPoly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) is a potential source of biodegradable plastics that are environmentally friendly due to their complete...
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Inactivation of phosphate regulator (SphU) in cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. 6803 directly induced acetyl phosphate pathway leading to enhanced PHB level under nitrogen-sufficient condition
Poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) is a biodegradable and biocompatible polymer that has potential in the fields of environmental, agricultural, and...
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Salt and heat stress enhances hydrogen production in cyanobacteria
Cyanobacteria are among the most suitable organisms for the capture of excessive amounts of CO 2 and can be grown in extreme environments. In our...
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Cyanobacterial Stress and Its Omics Perspective
Cyanobacteria are prokaryotic oxygenic photoautotrophs exposed to various environmental stresses. Environmental stressors such as nutrient deficiency...
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GABA as a signalling molecule: Possible mechanism for its enhanced commercial production by cyanobacteria
γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is a ubiquitous non-protein amino acid widely distributed in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Recently, it is gaining momentum...
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Photosynthetic poly-β-hydroxybutyrate accumulation in unicellular cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6714
Poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) production from CO 2 has the potential to reduce the production cost of this biodegradable polyesters, and also to make...
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Cloning of apcE gene from Arthrospira platensis FACHB314 and its function in heterologous expression
The phycobilisomes attached to the outer side of the thylakoid membrane absorb and transmit light energy in cyanobacteria and red algae. They consist...
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Perspectives on the potential application of cyanobacteria in the alleviation of drought and salinity stress in crop plants
Agriculture faces serious constraints due to drought and salinity. Soils under these pressures can result in low productivity, decreasing the...
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Efficient conversion of acetate or glucose to poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) and glycogen by the single-stage photoheterotrophic cultivation of cyanobacterium Chroococcus hansgirgi TISTR 8561
Microbial poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) has been used as bioplastic, while the biopolymer of glucose (glycogen) can be used as efficient substrate...
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Iron Deficiency in Cyanobacteria
Iron is very important for photosynthetic microorganisms, including cyanobacteria, because the electron transport system of photosynthesis is highly...
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A patent review on strategies for biological control of mosquito vector
Mosquitoes are the vectors responsible for transmitting serious and life-threatening diseases such as malaria, dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya and...
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Blue light reduces photosynthetic efficiency of cyanobacteria through an imbalance between photosystems I and II
Several studies have described that cyanobacteria use blue light less efficiently for photosynthesis than most eukaryotic phototrophs, but...
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Screening for heterotrophy in microalgae of various taxonomic positions and potential of mixotrophy for production of high-value compounds
We tested 37 photoautotrophic microalgal strains of various taxonomic positions for their heterotrophic growth on glucose. We showed that facultative...
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Diversity of Polysaccharides in Cyanobacteria
Polysaccharides show immense structural variability by virtue of their monomer composition, linkages, oligomer units, branching, size, and...
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Selective loss of photosystem I and formation of tubular thylakoids in heterotrophically grown red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae
We previously found that glycerol is required for heterotrophic growth in the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae . Here, we analyzed...
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The host-encoded RNase E endonuclease as the crRNA maturation enzyme in a CRISPR–Cas subtype III-Bv system
Specialized RNA endonucleases for the maturation of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)-derived RNAs (crRNAs) are...
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Small proteins in cyanobacteria provide a paradigm for the functional analysis of the bacterial micro-proteome
BackgroundDespite their versatile functions in multimeric protein complexes, in the modification of enzymatic activities, intercellular communication...
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Minimal tool set for a prokaryotic circadian clock
BackgroundCircadian clocks are found in organisms of almost all domains including photosynthetic Cyanobacteria, whereby large diversity exists within...
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Deriving Economic Value from Metabolites in Cyanobacteria
This chapter focuses on the challenges associated with achieving economic value from metabolites derived from cyanobacteria. Significant advances...