Cyanobacterial Lifestyle and its Applications in Biotechnology
- 1st Edition - September 30, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Prashant Kumar Singh, Maria F. Fillat, Ajay Kumar
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 0 6 3 4 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 1 0 4 9 - 1
Environmental change is affecting the world's agricultural productivity. This is coupled with an increase in population: according to the United Nations Department for Economic an… Read more
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Request a sales quoteEnvironmental change is affecting the world's agricultural productivity. This is coupled with an increase in population: according to the United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs, the global population is estimated to reach 9.7 billion by 2050. Therefore, the current situation requires that we develop climate-smart technologies to improve crop productivity to sustain the ever-rising global population. Current-day farmers are introducing a considerable amount of agrochemicals to enhance crop productivity. Indiscriminate agrochemical application has altered not only the soil's physic-chemical and biological properties but also affected human health through food chain contamination. Cyanobacteria, under these changing environmental conditions, may help to resolve the problem significantly without changing the natural soil properties. In spite of their well-known stress tolerance potential, most of the cyanobacterial stress management and signaling pathways are yet to be fully characterized. Therefore, there is an urgent need to explore cyanobacterial metabolism under stress as well as their regulatory pathways to exploit them for sustainable agriculture. In recent decades, the application of cyanobacteria has attracted scientists because of uniqueness, better adaptability, and synthetic products.
Diverse cyanobacterial communities with the ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen, together with their photosynthetic properties, have demonstrated their application under field conditions. Several cyanobacterial species have thus been exploited to enhance soil fertility, mitigate biotic and abiotic stress, and contamination management.
Cyanobacterial Lifestyle and its Applications in Biotechnology has been designed to discuss different aspects of cyanobacterial physiology with the aim of helping to provide a better understanding of advanced cyanobacterial molecular biology and their metabolism to uncover the potential of cyanobacteria in the tailoring of stress smart crops for sustainable agriculture. Chapters include valuable information about the role of cyanobacteria in the evolution of life, cyanobacterial photosynthesis, stress-tolerant cyanobacterium, biological nitrogen fixation, circadian rhythms, genetics and molecular biology of abiotic stress responses.
- Summarizes various aspects of cyanobacterial research.
- Includes comprehensive coverage of molecular approaches for the identification of cyanobacteria and their evolution.
- Identifies an expanding horizon of cyanobacterial lifestyle: stress management in cyanobacteria.
- Examines cyanobacteria synthetic biology, genetic engineering, photosynthesis and metabolic engineering.
University students, researchers, academician in the fields of: microbiology, life sciences, agricultural sciences, biotechnology, molecular biology, and plant sciences. Ecologists, physiologists, plant biologists, environmentalists, agronomists, pharmacologist and related researchers, who want to work in the field of cyanobacterial and plant research
- Cover Image
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Contributors
- About the editors
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Cyanobacterial diversity concerning the extreme environment and their bioprospecting
- Abstract
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Systematic study of extremophiles cyanobacteria
- 1.3 Application of extremophile cyanobacteria
- 1.4 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 2 Cyanobacterial nanoparticles: application in agriculture and allied sectors
- Abstract
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Nanobiotechnology
- 2.3 Nanoparticles
- 2.4 Cyanobacterial NPs
- 2.5 Synthesis of NPs
- 2.5.4.2.1 Cell-free media
- 2.5.4.2.2 Cell biomass filtrate
- 2.5.4.2.3 Biomolecule-based NP synthesis
- 2.6 Characterization of NPs
- 2.7 Mode of action
- 2.8 Applications of cyanobacterial-based NPs
- 2.9 Future projections of cyanobacteria-based NPs
- 2.10 Limitations of NPs
- 2.11 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 3 Cyanobacterial photosynthetic reaction center in wobbly light: modulation of light energy by orange carotenoid proteins (OCPs)
- Abstract
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Fates of light energy absorbed by pigments
- 3.3 Light-harvesting complex organization in cyanobacteria
- 3.4 Modulation of light energy in cyanobacteria (photoprotective mechanism)
- 3.5 Mechanism of OCP-mediated light modulation in cyanobacteria
- 3.6 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 4 Back to the past: improving photosynthesis with cyanobacterial genes
- Abstract
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Engineering cyanobacterial genes not related to photosynthesis
- 4.3 Manipulation of cyanobacterial genes related to photosynthesis in plants
- 4.4 Concluding remarks
- References
- Chapter 5 Promises and challenges for expanding the use of N2-fixing cyanobacteria as a fertilizer for sustainable agriculture
- Abstract
- 5.1 Food security, sustainable agriculture, and N-fertilizers
- 5.2 Biological nitrogen fixation
- 5.3 Cyanobacterial BNF
- 5.4 Cyanobacteria as biofertilizers
- 5.5 Cyanobacteria and microalgae mass culture technology
- 5.6 Use of wastewater for cyanobacteria culture
- 5.7 Downstream process: harvesting and drying processes
- 5.8 Large-scale project for cyanobacterial- or microalgal biomass–based fertilizers
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 6 Thermophilic and thermotolerant cyanobacteria: environmental and biotechnological perspectives
- Abstract
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Thermophilic cyanobacteria diversity
- 6.3 Temperature stress responses in thermophiles cyanobacteria
- 6.4 Biotechnological application of thermophilic cyanobacteria
- 6.5 Metabolic engineering in cyanobacteria
- 6.6 Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 7 Exploring the ability of cyanobacterial ferric uptake regulator (FUR) proteins to increase yeast tolerance to abiotic stresses
- Abstract
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Materials and methods
- 7.3 Results
- 7.4 Discussion
- References
- Chapter 8 Exploring ecological diversity and biosynthetic potential of cyanobacteria for biofuel production
- Abstract
- 8.1 The biosynthetic potential of cyanobacteria
- 8.2 Genomic diversity and genetic tools for cyanobacteria
- 8.3 Cyanobacterial biofuels
- 8.4 Hydrogen biofuel
- References
- Chapter 9 Cyanobacterial availability for CRISPR-based genome editing: current and future challenges
- Abstract
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing in cyanobacteria
- 9.3 CRISPR/Cas9-mediated cyanobacterial genome editing
- 9.4 CRISPR/Cas12a-mediated genome editing in cyanobacteria
- 9.5 Dead Cas9 (dCas9) and cyanobacterial gene expression
- 9.6 dCas9 offers an alternative approach for cyanobacterial metabolic engineering
- 9.7 Cyanobacterial genome editing offers markerless selection and gene multiplexing
- 9.8 Cyanobacterial genome editing: key challenges
- 9.9 Conclusion and prospects
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 10 Cyanobacteria and salinity stress tolerance
- Abstract
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Distribution of cyanobacteria in the saline ecosystem
- 10.3 Sensing salinity by cyanobacterial cell
- 10.4 Physiological and biochemical responses
- 10.5 Accumulation of compatible solutes
- 10.5.1.1. Glucosyl glycerate (GG) synthesis
- 10.6 Mechanism of salt tolerance
- 10.7 Role of cyanobacteria in the remediation of salt-affected soil
- 10.8 Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 11 Cyanobacteria as biostimulants in the paddy fields
- Abstract
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Cyanobacterial biostimulants and plant growth–promoting potential
- 11.3 Cyanobacteria and their extracts: impacts on crops’ productivity
- 11.4 Cyanobacteria as biostimulants in agriculture
- 11.5 Other biostimulants and their role in plant growth stimulations
- 11.6 Challenges involved in using cyanobacteria as biostimulants
- 11.7 Prospects and conclusion
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter 12 Molecular characterization of local cyanobacterial isolates using 16S rRNA, rpoB, and nif H biomarkers
- Abstract
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 Molecular markers used to assess cyanobacterial biodiversity
- 12.3 Biodiversity documentation
- 12.4 Molecular characterization of local cyanobacterial isolates
- 12.5 Phylogenetic analysis of local cyanobacterial isolates using three different biomarkers
- 12.6 Concluding remarks
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter 13 Cyanobacteria-mediated heavy metal and xenobiotics bioremediation
- Abstract
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 Cyanobacteria and heavy metals
- 13.3 Cyanobacteria and xenobiotics
- 13.4 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 14 Cyanobacteria: as a promising candidate for nanoparticles synthesis
- Abstract
- 14.1 Introduction
- 14.2 Synthesis of nanoparticles using cyanobacteria
- 14.3 Advantages and disadvantages of cyanobacteria used in nanoparticle synthesis
- 14.4 Conclusion
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 30, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 382
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323906340
- eBook ISBN: 9780323910491
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Prashant Kumar Singh
Dr. Prashant Kumar Singh is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Pachhunga University College, Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram. He completed his Ph.D. degree from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. In his 14 years of research carrier, he has published more than 50 articles and book chapters and one book related to cyanobacteria and plant molecular biology. Dr. Singh also has exposure to various national and international institutes. Dr. Singh is also awarded by the Young Scientist Award and lifetime members of various scientific societies as well as reviewer of various peer reviewed journals.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Mizoram University (A Central University), Pacchunga University College campus, Mizoram, IndiaMF
Maria F. Fillat
Dr. María F. Fillat is full professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology (University of Zaragoza) and leader of the group “Genetic regulation and physiology of cyanobacteria”. During the last decades her work has focused on the functional characterization of the FUR (ferric uptake regulator) proteins in cyanobacteria, including their regulation, participation in regulatory networks, their relationship with redox homeostasis and their role in the synthesis of cytotoxic microcystin. She completed her PhD in Sciences at the University of Zaragoza and worked as postdoctoral fellow at the University of Utrecht (The Netherlands). She also visited other laboratories at the University of Konstanz (Germany), Emory University (Atlanta, GA), Universidad de Rosario (Argentina), IBVF (Sevilla), and the University of Gèneve. Prof. Maria F. Fillat has published more than 100 research articles in international refereed journals and holds two patents. Her group has received several awards from the Economic and Social Council (Government of Aragón), the “Instituto de Estudios Turolenses” and the Royal Academy of Sciences of Zaragoza. She led 13 research projects and 6 contracts with companies as a Principal Investigator (PI) and successfully organized 9 international and 3 national scientific meetings. Prof. Fillat has also supervised 10 PhD theses (3 more are in progress), 9 Diploma theses, and 13 Master projects. She has also participated in 4 teaching innovation projects, two of them as PI.
Affiliations and expertise
Full Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Zaragoza, SpainAK
Ajay Kumar
Dr. Ajay Kumar is currently working as an assistant professor at Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, India. Dr. Kumar completed his tenure (2018-2022) as a visiting scientist from Agriculture Research Organization, Volcani Center, Israel and doctoral research from Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India on the theme "Plant microbe interaction". In his research tenures, Dr. Kumar has published more than 235 scientific contributions in the form of research and review articles, books or book chapters with the leading International Journals or Publishers. He has wide area of research experience, especially in the field of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Microbial biocontrol, Postharvest management of fruits, Microbial endophytes related with the medicinal plants and cyanobacteria-pesticides interactions. Dr. Kumar actively engaged in editing book with the leading publisher like Elsevier, Springer, CRC Press, Willey and edited more than 48 books and currently serving as an Associate editor in Frontier in Microbiology, BMC Microbiology and special guest editor in Microorganisms or Plants MDPI, Journal.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, IndiaRead Cyanobacterial Lifestyle and its Applications in Biotechnology on ScienceDirect