Cyanobacteria: Extreme Environments and Toxic Metabolites
Author:
Pittino Francesca,Oliveira Juliana,De Almeida Torres Mariana,Fink Sabine,Janssen Elisabeth M. L.,Scheidegger Christoph
Abstract
Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, are photosynthetic bacteria that can colonize different habitats, including extreme ones. They are of great interest to the scientific community, especially because of their ability to produce cyanotoxins: toxic secondary metabolites potentially harmful to organisms especially when released to surface waters.
Publisher
Swiss Chemical Society
Subject
General Medicine,General Chemistry