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MOLECULAR MECHANISMS TO CELLULAR RESPONSES
A significant component of many different ecosystems, cyanobacteria occupy almost
every niche of the earth, including fresh and salt waters, rice fields, hot springs, arid
deserts, and polar regions. Cyanobacteria, along with algae, produce nearly half the Molecular Mechanisms
global oxygen, making assessment of their ecophysiologies important for under-
standing climate impacts and potential remediation. Stress Biology of Cyanobac-
teria: Molecular Mechanisms to Celular Responses is a compilation of holistic to Cellular Responses
responses of cyanobacteria, ranging from ecological and physiological to the modern
aspects of their molecular biology, genomics, and biochemistry.
Covering almost every aspect of cyanobacterial stress biology, this book is divided
into two parts: Bioenergetics and Molecular Mechanisms of Stress Tolerance and Edited by Ashish Kumar Srivastava
Cellular Responses and Ecophysiology. The first few chapters focus on the molecular
bioenergetics of photosynthesis and respiration in cyanobacteria and provide a clear Amar Nath Rai • Brett A. Neilan
perspective on different stress tolerance mechanisms. Part I also covers the effect of
specific stresses—including heavy metal, high and low temperature, salt, osmotic,
and UV-B stress—on a wide range of vital physiological, biochemical, and molecular
processes of cyanobacteria.
Part II describes mechanisms of symbiosis, stress-induced bioproducts, and the role
of environmental factors on nitrogen fixation, which along with photosynthesis is a
major contributor to the current geochemical status of the planet. The text also
covers mutation and cyanobacterial adaptation, and the most widely studied cyano-
toxin, microcystin, which has effects on both human and animal health. With contri-
butions from experts around the world, representing the global importance of
cyanobacteria, this book provides a broad compilation of research that deals with
cyanobacterial stress responses in both controlled laboratory conditions as well as in
their natural environment.
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Contents
Preface...............................................................................................................................................ix
Acknowledgments .............................................................................................................................xi
Editors ............................................................................................................................................ xiii
Contributors .....................................................................................................................................xv
Part I B ioenergetics and Molecular Mechanisms
of Stress Tolerance
Chapter 1 Oxygenic Photosynthesis in Cyanobacteria .................................................................3
Dmitriy Shevela, Roman Y. Pishchalnikov, Lutz A. Eichacker, and Govindjee
Chapter 2 Water Oxidation and Water-Oxidizing Complex in Cyanobacteria ........................... 41
Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour, Atefeh Nemati Moghaddam, Jian-Ren Shen,
and Govindjee
Chapter 3 Origin, Evolution, and Interaction of Bioenergetic Processes
in Cyanobacteria under Normal and Stressful Environments.................................... 61
Günter A. Peschek, Christian Obinger, and Surya Kant Mehta
Chapter 4 Understanding the Mechanisms of Abiotic Stress Management
in Cyanobacteria with Special Reference to Proteomics ...........................................93
Snigdha Rai, Sarita Pandey, Alok Kumar Shrivastava, Prashant Kumar Singh,
Chhavi Agrawal, and Lal Chand Rai
Chapter 5 Molecular Chaperones and Stress Tolerance in Cyanobacteria ............................... 113
Hitoshi Nakamoto
Chapter 6 Heat Stress Management in Synechocystis PCC 6803: The Interplay between
Membranes and Stress Protein Molecular Chaperones ........................................... 145
Attila Glatz, Zsolt Török, László Vígh, and Ibolya Horváth
Chapter 7 Sensing and Molecular Responses to Low Temperature in Cyanobacteria ............. 155
Jogadhenu S.S. Prakash, Pilla Sankara Krishna, and Sisinthy Shivaji
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Chapter 8 Salt Toxicity and Survival Strategies of Cyanobacteria ........................................... 171
Poonam Bhargava and Ashish Kumar Srivastava
Chapter 9 Cyanobacterial Salt Stress Acclimation: Genetic Manipulation and Regulation .... 189
Nadin Pade and Martin Hagemann
Chapter 10 Regulatory Mechanisms of Cyanobacteria in Response to Osmotic Stress ............203
Aran Incharoensakdi and Rungaroon Waditee-Sirisattha
Chapter 11 Molecular Mechanisms of UV-B Stress Tolerance in Cyanobacteria ...................... 231
Richa, Rajeshwar P. Sinha, and Donat P. Häder
Chapter 12 Zinc Homeostasis in Cyanobacteria .........................................................................245
Lee Hudek, Agnes Michalczyk, Brett A. Neilan, and M. Leigh Ackland
Part II Cellular Responses and Ecophysiology
Chapter 13 Cyanobacteria in Symbiosis: Cellular Responses .................................................... 257
Mayashree B. Syiem and Amar Nath Rai
Chapter 14 A Global Understanding of Light Stress in Cyanobacteria: Environmental
and Bioproducts Perspectives ................................................................................... 273
Nishikant V. Wase, Saw Ow Yen, and Phillip C. Wright
Chapter 15 Environmental Factors Regulating Nitrogen Fixation in Heterocystous
and Non-Heterocystous Cyanobacteria .................................................................... 291
Lucas J. Stal
Chapter 16 Adaptation of Cyanobacteria to Anthropogenic and Natural Stress: The Role
Played for Spontaneous Mutation.............................................................................307
Raquel Gonzalez, Camino García-Balboa, Eduardo Costas,
and Victoria Lopez-Rodas
Chapter 17 Benthic Microcystin and Climatic Change .............................................................. 321
Marina Aboal
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Chapter 18 Hepatotoxic Microcystins of Cyanobacteria: Biosynthesis and Degradation
in Response to Abiotic Stress ................................................................................... 341
Ashutosh Kumar Rai, Leanne Andrea Pearson, and Ashok Kumar
Chapter 19 Structural, Physiological, and Ecological Adaptations in Cyanobacterial Mats
under Stressful Environment .................................................................................... 351
Pushpendra Kumar Mishra, John L. Sailo, and Surya Kant Mehta
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