ABSTRACT
This handbook acquaints readers with the exciting developments in various areas of cyanobacterial research in the backdrop of the publication of complete genome sequence of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 in 1996. It begins with a summary of the current knowledge on the taxonomy, phylogeny and evolution of cyanobacteria followe
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 3|25 pages
CHAPTER AKINETES
I. AKINETE DIFFERENTIATION 141 II. FACTORS AFFECTING AKINETE DIFFERENTIATION 150 III. AKINETE GERMINATION 155 IV. AKINETE GERMINATION IN RELATION TO BLOOM DEVELOPMENT 157
