Table of Contents: Preface
Electron and Energy Transfer in the Photosystem I of Cyanobacteria: Insight from Compartmental Kinetic Modelling;pp.1-50
(Stefano Santabarbara and Luca Galuppini, The Centre for Fundamental Research in Photosynthesis, Vergiate, Italy and others)
Overview of Spirulina: Biotechnological, Biochemical and Molecular Biological Aspects;pp. 51-103
(Apiradee Hongsthong, Boosya Bunnag, BEC Unit, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Thakham, Bangkhuntien, Bangkok, Thailand and others)
Phycobilisomes from Cyanobacteria;pp.105-160
(Li Sun, Shumei Wang, Mingri Zhao, Xuejun Fu, Xueqin Gong, Min Chen, Lu Wang, College of Chemistry and Biology Sciences, Yantai University, Yantai, P. R. China and others)
Enigmatic Life and Evolution of Prochloron and Related Cyanobacteria Inhabiting Colonial Ascidians;pp. 161-189
(Euichi Hirose, Brett A. Neilan, Eric W. Schmidt, Akio Murakami, Department of Chemistry, Biology and Marine Science, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan and others)
Microcystin Detection in Contaminated Fish for Italian Lakes using Elisa Immunoassays and LC-MS/MS Analysis;pp. 191-210
(Bruno M., Melchiorre S., Messineo V., Volpi F., Di Corcia A., Aragona I., Guglielmone G., Di Paolo C., Cenni M., Ferranti P., Gallo P., Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, National Institute of Health, viale Regina Elena, Rome, Italy, and others)
Application of Genetic Tools to Cyanobacterial Biotechnology and Ecology;pp. 211-232
(Olga A. Koksharova, A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, M.V. Lomonosov State University, Moscow, Russian Federation)
Pentapeptide Repeat Proteins and Cyanobacteria;pp. 233-257
(Garry W. Buchko, Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, U.S.A.)
The Status and Potential of Cyanobacteria and their Toxins as Agents of Bioterrorism;pp.259-281
(J. S. Metcalf, G. A. Codd, Division of Molecular and Environmental Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK)
Use of Lux-Marked Cyanobacterial Bioreporters for Assessment of Individual and Combined Toxicities of Metals in Aqueous Samples;pp. 283-304
(Ismael Rodea-Palomares, Fracisca Fernández-Piñas, Coral González-García, Francisco Leganés, Department of Biology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain)
Crude Oil Biodegradation by Cyanobacteria from Microbial Mats: Fact or Fallacy?;pp. 305-327
(Olga Sánchez, Jordi Mas, Departament de Genètica i Microbiologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain)
Bioluminescence Reporter Systems for Monitoring Gene Expression Profile in Cyanobacteria;pp. 329-348
(Shinsuke Kutsuna, Setsuyuki Aoki, International Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan and others)
Assessing the Health Risk of Flotation-Nanofiltration Sequence for Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxin Removal in Drinking Water;pp. 349-398
(Margarida Ribau Teixeira, Faculty of Marine Sciences and Environment, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Portugal)
Carotenoids, their Diversity and Carotenogenesis in Cyanobacteria;pp. 399-428
(Shinichi Takaichi, Mari Mochimaru, Biological Laboratory, Nippon Medical School, Kawasaki, Japan and others)
Hapalindole Family of Cyanobacterial Natural Products: Structure, Biosynthesis, and Function;pp. 429-441
(MC Moffitt, BP Burns, School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, University of Western Sydney, Australia and others)
A Preliminary Survey of the Economical Viability of Large-scale Photobiologica;pp. 443-462
(Hidehiro Sakurai, Hajime Masukawa, Kazuhito Inoue, Research Institute for Integrated Science of Photobiological Hydrogen Production, Tokyo, Japan and others)
Advances in Marine Symbiotic Cyanobacteria;pp. 463-472
(Zhiyong Li, Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology and Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P.R.China)
Antioxidant Enzyme Activities in the Cyanobacteria Planktothrix Agardhii, Planktothrix Perornata, Raphidiopsis Brookii, and the Green Alga Selenastrum Capricornutum;pp. 473-483
(Kevin K. Schrader, Franck E. Dayan, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Natural Products Research, University of Mississippi, USA)
Corrinoid Compounds in Cyanobacteria;pp. 485-505
(Yukinori Yabuta, Fumio Watanabe, School of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Sciences, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan)
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