1st Edition

Recent Advances in Marine Biotechnology, Vol. 10 Molecular Genetics of Marine Organisms

Edited By Milton Fingerman Copyright 2003

    This book presents the most recent information on the molecular genetics of marine organisms. It provides the reader a major thrust toward a better understanding of the present state of research on the molecular genetics of marine organisms.

    Preface
    1 Cyanobacterial Biotechnology Nostoc PCC 73102 and H[subscript 2]: Knowledge, Research and Biotechnological Challenges
    2 Characterization of Stress Effects on Photosynthesis in Cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis
    3 The Alternative Bioenergetics Patterns in Cyanobacteria as Factors of Biochemical Adaptation
    4 Selection and Characterization of a High CO[subscript 2] Requiring Mutant of Cyanobacterium Synechococcus PCC 7942
    5 The Role of Polyunsaturated Glycerolipids in Low-temperature Stress; Studied by Genetically Engineered Cyanobacterial Strains
    6 Transport of Osmoprotective Compounds in Salt-loaded Cells of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
    7 The Role of Cyanobacterial Exudates for Growth of Heterotrophic Bacteria
    8 The Effect of Changes in Gravity on the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
    9 Do Biochemical Alterations Occur in Anabaena cycadeae Upon Growth in Free-living Conditions?
    10 Cellular Characteristics of a Marine Nostoc calcicola BDU 40302
    11 Influence of Aeration and Nutrients on Akinete Differentiation in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena torulosa
    12 Photosynthesis Respiration Interplay in Cyanobacteria: Fundamentals and Applications
    13 Characterization of the Mutant M406 of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Unable to Tolerate High Salt Concentrations
    14 Hydrogenase-mediated Hydrogen Production in Unicellular Cyanobacterium Cyanothece spp. ATCC 51142
    15 Reduction in Daily Oxygen Production Rate for Predicting Biomass Productivity in Spirulina Cultures
    16 Strategies to Develop a Gene Transfer System for Marine Aerobic Nitrogen-fixing Unicellular Cyanobacteria
    17 Regulation of Gene Expression during Heterocyst Differentiation in Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120
    18 Genetic and Physiological Characterization of Salt-sensitive Mutants of the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
    19 Molecular Characterization of the Azolla-Anabaena Symbiosis
    20 Expression, Purification and Properties of the Synechocystis 6803 Ca[superscript 2+]-ATPase
    21 Genetic Dissection of Heterocyst Differentiation
    22 Stress-regulated Gene Expression in Nitrogen-fixing Cyanobacteria
    23 Cyanobacteria and Azolla as Biofertilizer for Rice
    24 Use of Cyanobacterial Biofertilizers in Rice Cultivation: A Technology Improvement
    25 Cyanobacterial Nitrogen Metabolism: Relevance in Agricultural Biotechnology
    26 The Nitrate Metabolism of Non N[subscript 2]-fixing Cyanobacterium Synechococcus leopoliensis and of Chlorella sorokiniana; Special Features
    27 Agronomic Potential of a Marine Nostoc calcicola BDU 40302
    28 Tubular Photobioreactors for Large-scale Algal Culture
    29 Spirulina Farms - Micro to Macro
    30 Spirulina by 2001 A.D.
    31 Sugar as a Source of Carbon for Spirulina (Arthospira platensis) Culture
    32 Marine Cyanobacteria for Feed, Fine Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals
    33 Stabilization of Nitrogenase Activity and Hydrogen Evolution of Synechocystis sp. by Cell Entrapment
    34 Genotoxic Effects of Freshwater Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa
    35 Studies on the Effect of Spirulina Supplementation in Control of Diabetes Mellitus
    36 A Method of Mass Cultivation of the Marine Cyanobacterium Phormidium valderianum BDU 30501 for the Production of Blue Natural Colourant 'Phycocyanin'
    37 Novel Cyanobacterial Feed for Frog Tadpoles
    38 Acclimation of the Filamentous Cyanobacteria Calothrix spp. to the Environment: Physiological and Molecular Studies
    39 Present Status of Microalgal Research and Cultivation in Thailand
    40 Production of Useful Materials by Marine Microalgae
    41 Cyanobacterial Taxonomy - Classical Concepts and Modern Trends
    42 Biosensors with intact Cyanobacteria for Environmental Protection
    43 Cyanobacteria in Brackish Coastal Waters - Eutrophication, Succession, Changes in Dominance and Biotechnological Implications
    44 Studies on Assimilation of Spirulina to Inorganic Selenium
    45 The Biological Control of Cyanobacteria Using Protozoa

    Biography

    Milton Fingerman