**Meet the editor**

Dr. Archana Tiwari is an associate professor at the Amity University, India. Her research interests include renewable sources of energy from microalgae and further utilizing the residual biomass for generation of value-added products, bioremediation through microalgae and microbial consortium, antioxidative enzymes and stress, and nutraceuticals from microalgae. She has

been working on algal biotechnology for more than 15 years. Her research work has been published in many international journals with a high-impact factor. She has delivered talks as an invited speaker at many national and international conferences. She has authored many books and chapters with renowned publishing houses. She is also the recipient of 'Researcher of the Year Award' and 'Distinguished Scientist Award'.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Section 1 The World of Cyanobacteria 1**

Archana Tiwari

**Section 2 Microscopic Dimensions 9**

Chapter 1 **Cyanobacteria: The Wonderful Factories 3**

**Cyanobacterial Cultures 11**

**Section 3 Cultivation and Adaptations 59**

Peleato and Emma Sevilla

Chapter 2 **Fluorescence Microscopic Spectroscopy for Investigation and**

Czerwik-Marcinkowska Joanna and Massalski Andrzej

Chapter 4 **Cultivating Spirulina maxima: Innovative Approaches 61**

Chapter 5 **Cyanophycin: A Nitrogen-Rich Reserve Polymer 85** Björn Watzer and Karl Forchhammer

Chapter 6 **The Challenge of Iron Stress in Cyanobacteria 109**

SeongEun Kim, Kwang-Sik Choi and Do-Hyung Kang

Natalia Grigoryeva and Ludmila Chistyakova

Chapter 3 **Diversity of Cyanobacteria on Limestone Caves 45**

**Monitoring of Biological Diversity and Physiological State of**

Taeho Kim, Woo-Seok Choi, Bo-Ram Ye, Soo-Jin Heo, Dongkyu Oh,

Andrés González, María F. Fillat, María-Teresa Bes, María-Luisa
