Tropical cyanobacteria and their biotechnological applications

dc.contributor.authorRigonato, Janaina
dc.contributor.authorAlvarenga, Danillo Oliveira [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorFiore, Marli Fátima
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-28T19:07:05Z
dc.date.available2022-04-28T19:07:05Z
dc.date.issued2017-06-10
dc.description.abstractTropical environments have favorable conditions that allow the development of a great diversity of microorganisms. Among the tropical microbial community, cyanobacteria are observed colonizing a great variety of niches, from desert to forest biomes. These organisms play important ecological roles in such environments, since they have the ability to carry out oxygenic photosynthesis and act as primary producers, while some are also able to fix atmospheric nitrogen and become important sources of this element. In addition, cyanobacteria present huge potential for producing metabolites of biotechnological interest in the food, agricultural, and pharmaceutical industries. However, the diversity of cyanobacteria in tropical zones is still underestimated, and studies on these organisms in countries like Brazil are mostly focused on a few regions, leaving several territories in need of deeper exploration. In this chapter, the diversity and biotechnological applications of cyanobacteria from tropical environments will be explored.en
dc.description.affiliationUniversity of São Paulo Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture
dc.description.affiliationSão Paulo State University School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences
dc.description.affiliationUnespSão Paulo State University School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences
dc.format.extent139-167
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55804-2_7
dc.identifier.citationDiversity and Benefits of Microorganisms from the Tropics, p. 139-167.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-319-55804-2_7
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85033689532
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/220957
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofDiversity and Benefits of Microorganisms from the Tropics
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectBioactivity
dc.subjectBrazilian biomes
dc.subjectCyanopeptides
dc.subjectDiversity
dc.subjectEcosystems
dc.subjectNatural products
dc.subjectSystematics
dc.titleTropical cyanobacteria and their biotechnological applicationsen
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