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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.
Contents
Bioenergetics and Molecular Mechanisms of Stress Tolerance: Oxygenic Photosynthesis in Cyanobacteria. Water Oxidation and Water-Oxidizing Complex in Cyanobacteria. Origin, Evolution, and Interaction among Bioenergetic Processes of Cyanobacteria under Normal and Stressful Environments. Understanding the Mechanisms of Abiotic Stress Management in Cyanobacteria with Special Reference to Proteomics. Molecular Chaperones and Stress Tolerance in Cyanobacteria. Heat Stress Management in Synechocystis PCC 6803: The Interplay between Membranes and Stress Protein Molecular Chaperones. Sensing and Molecular Responses to Low Temperature in Cyanobacteria. Salt Toxicity and Survival Strategies of Cyanobacteria. Cyanobacterial Salt Stress Acclimation: Genetic Manipulation and Regulation. Regulatory Mechanisms of Cyanobacteria in Response to Osmotic Stress. Molecular Mechanisms of UV-B Stress Tolerance in Cyanobacteria. Zinc Homeostasis in Cyanobacteria. Cellular Responses and Ecophysiology: Cyanobacteria in Symbiosis: Cellular Responses. A Global Understanding of Light Stress in Cyanobacteria: Environmental and Bioproducts Perspectives. Environmental Factors Regulating Nitrogen Fixation in Heterocystous and Non-Heterocystous Cyanobacteria. Adaptation of Cyanobacteria to Anthropogenic and Natural Stress: The Role Played by Spontaneous Mutation. Benthic Microcystin and Climatic Change. Hepatotoxic Microcystins of Cyanobacteria: Biosynthesis and Degradation in Response to Abiotic Stress. Structural, Physiological, and Ecological Adaptations in Cyanobacterial Mats under Stressful Environment.
