Cyanobacterial Biotechnology

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The 45 selected papers explore technical and economic aspects of blue- green algae, which have become increasingly important over the past two decades in such areas as agriculture, environmental management, pollution control, human nutrition, and pharmaceuticals. They cover biotechnology and molecular biology; cell biology and physiology; biofertilizer; food, feed, and pharmaceuticals; and biodiversity and the environment. Among specific topics are the alternative bioenergetic patterns as factors of biochemical adaptation, the role of exudates in the growth of hertotrophic bacteria, genetic dissection of heterocyst differentiation, tubular photobioreactors for large- scale algal culture, and the present status of microalgal research and cultivation in Thailand. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.