Recent Advances in Exploration and Biotechnological Production of Bioactive Compounds in Three Cyanobacterial Genera: Nostoc, Lyngbya, and Microcystis.

ABSTRACT: Cyanobacteria, are only Gram-negative bacteria with the capacity of oxygenic photosynthesis, so termed as "Cyanophyta" or "blue-green algae." Their habitat is ubiquitous, which includes the diverse environments, such as soil, water, rock and other organisms (symbiosis, commensalism, or parasitism, etc.,). They are characterized as prominent producers of numerous types of important compounds with anti-microbial, anti-viral, anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor properties. Among the various cyanobacterial genera, members belonging to genera Nostoc, Lyngbya, and Microcystis possess greater attention. The major reason for that is the strains belonging to these genera produce the compounds with diverse activities/structures, including compounds in preclinical and/or clinical trials (cryptophycin an

SUBMITTER: Thuan NH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6734169 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature