Cyanobacteria are attractive organisms for the bio-production of fuels, chemicals and drugs but have the drawback that most strains in common use grow slowly. Scientists now report that they have ...

Cyanobacteria are one of the unsung heroes of life on Earth. They first evolved to perform photosynthesis about 2.4 billion years ago, pumping tons of oxygen into the atmosphere – a period known as ...

Researchers from Japan and Thailand have discovered that the cyanobacterium A. sacrum (Suizenji Nori in Japanese) produces two types of saclipins under drought stress. The compounds have UV-absorbing, ...

Cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, have existed for billions of years, adapting to a diverse range of environments. Their ...