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Cyanobacteria as a Biocontrol Agent

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Cyanobacteria, one of the least investigated microbes, may synthesize and generate a significant number of antimicribial secondary metabolites. As they are ubiquitous in distribution and present in all possible habitats, cyanobacteria have developed several mechanisms to survive in various extreme habitats. Also, they are compatible biocatalysts, and they can be used in the field of “white biotechnology” for increasing the sustainable manufacture of nutraceutical and pharmaceutical compounds as novel drugs and also as clean energy sources such as biodiesel and hydrogen. Cyanobacteria are known as a mother of wide categories of secondary metabolites with different biological activities, i.e., antibacterial, antitumoral, antiviral, antifungal, antialgal, antimalarial, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer properties. In this chapter, we try to uncover the application of various metabolites like phytols, free fatty acids, exopolysaccharides, phenolics, terpenoids, phytoene, sterols, carotenoids, MAAs, scytonemin, phytohormones, cyanotoxins, biocides (algicides, fungicides, bactericides, and insecticides), etc. and its various applications.

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Yadav, P., Singh, R.P., Patel, A.K., Pandey, K.D., Gupta, R.K. (2022). Cyanobacteria as a Biocontrol Agent. In: Kumar, A. (eds) Microbial Biocontrol: Food Security and Post Harvest Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87289-2_6

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