Complexity of cyanobacterial exopolysaccharides: composition, structures, inducing factors and putative genes involved in their biosynthesis and assembly

S Pereira, A Zille, E Micheletti… - FEMS microbiology …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Cyanobacterial extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) are mainly composed of high-
molecular-mass heteropolysaccharides, with variable composition and roles according to …

Beneficial effects of blue-green algae and Azolla, excluding supplying nitrogen, on wetland rice fields: a review

B Mandal, PLG Vlek, LN Mandal - Biology and Fertility of Soils, 1999 - Springer
The role of blue-green algae (BGA) and Azolla in supplying N to rice fields is well
documented. In addition, they also bring about, directly or indirectly, a number of changes in …

Production, extraction and characterization of Chlorella vulgaris soluble polysaccharides and their applications in AgNPs biosynthesis and biostimulation of plant …

NEA El-Naggar, MH Hussein… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Chlorella vulgaris, like a wide range of other microalgae, are able to grow mixotrophically.
This maximizes its growth and production of polysaccharides (PS). The extracted …

Role of algae as a biofertilizer

A Chatterjee, S Singh, C Agrawal, S Yadav, R Rai… - Algal green …, 2017 - Elsevier
Sustainable agriculture is advantageous over conventional agriculture for its capacity to
accomplish food demand by utilizing environmental resources without negatively affecting it …

Integrative application of cyanobacteria and antioxidants improves common bean performance under saline conditions

MM Rady, SS Taha, S Kusvuran - Scientia Horticulturae, 2018 - Elsevier
Cyanobacteria (CB), known as blue-green algae, are useful microscopic organisms that can
lead to improve the nutrient uptake, plant growth, and plant tolerance to abiotic stress such …

Cyanobacteria and salinity stress tolerance

RP Singh, P Yadav, R Kujur, KD Pandey… - … lifestyle and its …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cyanobacteria are primitive oxygenic photoautotrophic organisms called blue-green algae,
which are found in all types of habitat. Due to their evolutionary history, a cyanobacterium …

Cyanobacteria as potential options for environmental sustainability—promises and challenges

R Prasanna, P Jaiswal, BD Kaushik - Indian journal of microbiology, 2008 - Springer
Cyanobacteria represent an ancient group of photosynthetic prokaryotes, whose ubiquity,
metabolic flexibility and adaptive abilities have made them a subject of research worldwide …

Cyanobacterial reclamation of salt-affected soil

NK Singh, DW Dhar - Genetic engineering, biofertilisation, soil quality and …, 2010 - Springer
Salinity has been an important historical factor which has influenced the life span of
agricultural systems. Around 10% of the total cropped land surface is covered with different …

Kinetics and physico-chemical characterization of exopolysaccharides produced by the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria formosa

N Jindal, DP Singh, JIS Khattar - World Journal of Microbiology and …, 2011 - Springer
Exopolysaccharides of the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria formosa have been physico-
chemically characterized and kinetics of their production studied. The organism produced …

The influence of blue-green algae on the biological amelioration of alkali soils

DLN Rao, RG Burns - Biology and fertility of soils, 1991 - Springer
Virgin alkali (sodic) soils have a high pH and high exchangeable Na and are often barren.
Blue-green algae, however, tolerate excess Na and grow extensively on the soil surface in …