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Cyanobacteria: a precious bio-resource in agriculture, ecosystem, and environmental sustainability

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Singh, Jay Shankar, Kumar, Arun, Rai, Amar N., Singh, Devendra P.·2016·Frontiers in Microbiology
DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00529PMC PMC4838734
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Keeping in view, the challenges concerning agro-ecosystem and environment, the recent developments in biotechnology offers a more reliable approach to address the food security for future generations and also resolve the complex environmental problems. Several unique features of cyanobacteria such as oxygenic photosynthesis, high biomass yield, growth on non-arable lands and a wide variety of water sources (contaminated and polluted waters), generation of useful by-products and bio-fuels, enhancing the soil fertility and reducing green house gas emissions, have collectively offered these bio-agents as the precious bio-resource for sustainable development. Cyanobacterial biomass is the effective bio-fertilizer source to improve soil physico-chemical characteristics such as water-holding capacity and mineral nutrient status of the degraded lands. The unique characteristics of cyanobacteria include their ubiquity presence, short generation time and capability to fix the atmospheric N2. Similar to other prokaryotic bacteria, the cyanobacteria are increasingly applied as bio-inoculants for improving soil fertility and environmental quality. Genetically engineered cyanobacteria have been devised with the novel genes for the production of a number of bio-fuels such as bio-diesel, bio-hydrogen, bio-methane, synga, and therefore, open new avenues for the generation of bio-fuels in the economically sustainable manner. This review is an effort to enlist the valuable information about the qualities of cyanobacteria and their potential role in solving the agricultural and environmental problems for the future welfare of the planet.

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  • Microcoleaceae have been shown to improve soil fertility and support healthy plant growth.

    “Microcoleaceae have been shown to improve soil fertility and support healthy plant growth (Singh et al., 2016;Shariatmadari et al., 2013;Rai et al., 2019).”

    From Spirulina supported plant growth in regolith simulants and elevated levels of CO2 (2025) · cites this paper as Singh et al., 2016

    The ‘Cyanobacteria in Sustainable Management’ section says cyanobacteria can restore soil fertility and stimulate plant growth; the ‘Plant Growth Promoters’ section describes reported growth benefits. The paper lists Microcoleus chthonoplastes among cyanobacteria, but the cited passages do not establish these benefits specifically for Microcoleaceae. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • Microcoleaceae increase water-holding capacity and nutrient content of degraded soils.

    “In terrestrial soils, they contribute to soil aggregation and stability (Rashid et al., 2016), increase the water-holding capacity and nutrient content of degraded soils (Singh et al., 2016), and enhance salt tolerance, disease resistance, and polysaccharide production (Singh, 2014).”

    From Spirulina supported plant growth in regolith simulants and elevated levels of CO2 (2025) · cites this paper as Singh et al., 2016

    The sections on cyanobacteria under extreme environments and reclamation of salt-affected soils say cyanobacteria can improve soil water-holding capacity and raise carbon and nitrogen levels in poor soils. The paper identifies Microcoleus chthonoplastes as a cyanobacterium in Table 1, but does not establish these effects specifically for Microcoleaceae. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Singh, J. S., Kumar, A., Rai, A. N., & Singh, D. P.
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  • Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
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cyanobacteria, biofertilizers, microbial inoculants, nitrogen fixation, soil fertility, biofuels, biohydrogen, biodiesel, biomethane, syngas, oxygenic photosynthesis, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, water holding capacity, degraded land, food security, genetically engineered cyanobacteria, environmental sustainability

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