Cyanobacteria Nature, Potentials and Applications

This book gives a view about the extraordinary features and enormous potentials of Cyanobacteria. They are excellent sources of biofuels- ranging from hydrogen to lipids. The antioxidative system is well developed to protect the damaging impact of free radicles. The antioxidatives enzymes of cyanobacteria- SOD, Catalase, Ascorbate Peroxidase etc. can be utilised for commercial purposes.

The photosynthetic pigments- phycocyanin and phycoerythrin have great therapeutic value. The antimicrobial efficacy of cyanobacteria is quite wide. They are great reservoirs of diverse varieties of secondary metabolites. Antibacterial and antifungal capabilities are well reported and still in research. The toxins secreted by