Cyanobacteria carry out oxygenic photosynthesis, play a key role in the cycling of carbon
and nitrogen in the biosphere, and have had a large impact on the evolution of life and the …

Within the wide biodiversity that is found in the bacterial world, Cyanobacteria represents a
unique phylogenetic group that is responsible for a key metabolic process in the biosphere …

The need to develop and improve sustainable energy resources is of eminent importance
due to the finite nature of our fossil fuels. This review paper deals with a third generation …

Cyanobacteria were the first organisms to use oxygenic photosynthesis for converting
carbon dioxide into useful organic chemicals. However, the chemical industry has …

Approximately 40% of global photosynthesis is conducted by phytoplankton in aquatic
environments. Cyanobacteria, Gram-negative photoautotrophic prokaryotes, contribute …

Nodularia spumigena is a filamentous diazotrophic cyanobacterium that dominates the
annual late summer cyanobacterial blooms in the Baltic Sea. But N. spumigena also is …

The outer membrane of heterotrophic Gram-negative bacteria plays the role of a selective
permeability barrier that prevents the influx of toxic compounds while allowing the …

Chromalveolates are a diverse group of protists that include many ecologically and
medically relevant organisms such as diatoms and apicomplexan parasites. They possess …

Iron uptake in Gram‐negative bacteria involves four distinct steps:(i) siderophore
synthesis,(ii) siderophore secretion into the extracellular space,(iii) iron chelation by the …

Proteins of the Omp85 family are conserved in all kingdoms of life. They mediate protein
transport across or protein insertion into membranes and reside in the outer membranes of …