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The chemical ecology of cyanobacteria

Pedro N. Leão,*a   Niclas Engene,b   Agostinho Antunes,ac   William H. Gerwickbd  and  Vitor Vasconcelosac  
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a CIIMAR/CIMAR, Center for Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Rua dos Bragas 289, Porto, Portugal
E-mail: pleao@ciimar.up.pt
Fax: +351 223 390 608
Tel: +351 223 401 800

b Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

c Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, Porto, Portugal

d Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

Abstract

Covering: up to September 2011

This review covers the literature on the chemically mediated ecology of cyanobacteria, including ultraviolet radiation protection, feeding-deterrence, allelopathy, resource competition, and signalling. To highlight the chemical and biological diversity of this group of organisms, evolutionary and chemotaxonomical studies are presented. Several technologically relevant aspects of cyanobacterial chemical ecology are also discussed.

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https://doi.org/10.1039/C2NP00075J
Submitted
01 Oct 2011
First published
12 Jan 2012
Nat. Prod. Rep., 2012,29, 372-391
Article type
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The chemical ecology of cyanobacteria

P. N. Leão, N. Engene, A. Antunes, W. H. Gerwick and V. Vasconcelos, Nat. Prod. Rep., 2012, 29, 372
DOI: 10.1039/C2NP00075J

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